Depicted:

Ploss, Octavian  Search this

Maker:

Haid, John Jacob  Search this

Physical Description:

paper (overall material)

ink (overall material)

white (overall color)

black (overall color)

etching (overall production method/technique)

Measurements:

overall: 54 cm x 39.6 cm; 21 1/4 in x 15 9/16 in

overall: 43.5 cm x 29 cm; 17 1/8 in x 11 7/16 in

Object Name:

Print

Other Terms:

Print; ART OBJECTS

Description:

Mezzotint portrait of Octavian Ploss (1695-1751), a physician, botanist, and scholar in Augsburg, engraved by the artist Johann Jacob Haid (1704-1767), after a painting by Andreas Loescher (1693-1762).

Location:

Currently not on view

Subject:

Pharmacy  Search this

Credit Line:

Gift of American Pharmaceutical Association and Bristol-Myers Squibb Company

ID Number:

1991.0664.0069

Accession number:

1991.0664

Catalog number:

M-06238

Collector/donor number:

SAP 931

See more items in:

Medicine and Science: Medicine

Art

Data Source:

National Museum of American History

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a8-753a-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:nmah_994033