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Maker(s):Sperling, Hieronomous (engraver); Leopold, Johan Christian (printer)
Culture:German
Title:print: Frederick I
Date Made:mid 18th century
Type:Print
Materials:paper, ink, watercolor, wood, glass
Place Made:Germany; Augsburg
Measurements:Sheet: 11 1/2 x 7 9/16 in; 29.2 x 19.2 cm
Accession Number:  HD 77.140
Credit Line:Gift of Dr. George B. Cooper
Museum Collection:  Historic Deerfield
1977-140f.jpg

Description:
Framed hand-colored engraving of Frederick I engraved by Hieronomous Sperling and printed by Johan Christian Leopold, with text in Latin and German. Frederick I was the father of Frederick II of Prussia, or Frederick the Great (1712-1786), who reigned from 1740-1786 and was a hero to the English because of his alliance with them against the French during the Seven Years War (1756-1763).

Subjects:
Glass; Watercolor painting

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