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Kurt Christoph Graf von Schwerin was one of the generals serving Frederick the Great in the Seven Years War and other wars. He was killed by a cannon-ball while leading his troops into action at the battle of Prague, 1757

1 print : engraving, with etching and watercolour ; platemark 48.8 x 61.8 cm

The death of General von Schwerin, all around are soldiers. Coloured engraving by D. Berger, 1790, after J.C. Frisch.

Johann André the elder (1741-1799), German musician, composer and music publisher. He founded one of the first music publishing houses independent of a bookshop: the Musikverlag Johann André

1 print : etching ; platemark 14.9 x 9.1 cm

Johann André. Etching by D. Berger after J.C Frisch, 1780.

Friedrich Hermann Louis Muzel. Line engraving by D. Berger after A. Graff.

Johann Georg Kruenitz (Krünitz). Line engraving by D. Berger after H. Francke.

A summary of what children should know about the human body, medicine and surgery. Top left, a boy without hands and feet eating from a plate with his stumps, described as "Eine Misgeburt ohne Hände und Füsse, welche sich selbst Speise reichen kann". Above right, anatomical figures after Casserius etc., showing the heart, the intestines, the skeleton etc. Lower left, a sick man attended by a doctor ("Der Kranke mit dem Arzte und dem Freunde."), a table of medical equipment ("Ein Tisch mit Artzeney."), and a child being given a medicine ("Ein Kind welches Artzeney einnimmt."). Bottom right, a child receiving surgical treatment to the head ("Ein anderes [Kind] unter der Hand des Wundarztes."), surgical instruments on a table ("Werkzeug welches vor ihm liegt."), and a woman having blood let from her arm ("Eine Frau, die sich die Ader öffnen lässt.")

1 print : etching ; platemark 18.5 x 23.6 cm

Anatomical figures (top); a physician takes the pulse of a sick man while the next two generations attend (bottom left); surgeons perform operations on a child and a woman. Etching by D. Berger, 1774, after D. Chodowiecki.

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The death of General von Schwerin, all around are soldiers. Coloured engraving by D. Berger, 1790, after J.C. Frisch.

Johann André. Etching by D. Berger after J.C Frisch, 1780.

Friedrich Hermann Louis Muzel. Line engraving by D. Berger after A. Graff.

Johann Georg Kruenitz (Krünitz). Line engraving by D. Berger after H. Francke.

Anatomical figures (top); a physician takes the pulse of a sick man while the next two generations attend (bottom left); surgeons perform operations on a child and a woman. Etching by D. Berger, 1774, after D. Chodowiecki.

James Cook. Line engraving by D. Berger after Sir N. Dance-Holland, 1776.

Jean Boudin. Line engraving by D. Berger.

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The death of General von Schwerin, all around are soldiers. Coloured engraving by D. Berger, 1790, after J.C. Frisch.

Johann André. Etching by D. Berger after J.C Frisch, 1780.

Friedrich Hermann Louis Muzel. Line engraving by D. Berger after A. Graff.

Johann Georg Kruenitz (Krünitz). Line engraving by D. Berger after H. Francke.

Anatomical figures (top); a physician takes the pulse of a sick man while the next two generations attend (bottom left); surgeons perform operations on a child and a woman. Etching by D. Berger, 1774, after D. Chodowiecki.

James Cook. Line engraving by D. Berger after Sir N. Dance-Holland, 1776.

Jean Boudin. Line engraving by D. Berger.

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