Design for "Orthographia", pl.2

Johann Daniel Preissler  (German, Nuremberg 1666–1737 Nuremberg)

Date:
late 17th–mid-18th century
Medium:
Pen and gray ink, brush and gray wash over traces of black chalk. Inlayed on paper mount with green and black framing lines. Incised(?)
Dimensions:
5 15/16 x 11 in. (15.1 x 28 cm)
Classification:
Drawings
Credit Line:
The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1948
Accession Number:
48.148(70)
  • Signatures, Inscriptions, and Markings

    Inscription: Annotated in pencil at lower right of mount: No 70 In pencil at lower left of mount: Preisler JD. Orthographia pl. 2

    Marking: MMA stamp on verso

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