Dwelling of Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz
Date
c.1870s
Creator
Édouard Willmann (1820 - 1877, German) , Engraver
After
Georg Osterwald (1803 - 1884, German) , Painter
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Dimensions
height (print): 335mm
width (print): 255mm
width (print): 255mm
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Description
Engraved depiction of Leibniz’s residence in Hanover, Germany – a multistorey building with ornate architectural detail. Multiple figures are depicted on the street below.
Inscribed below: ‘Gez v C Osterwald. Darnstaat bei G G Lange Sthalst v E Willmann’
Engraving from MS/648/3, Collectanea Newtoniana. A collection of prints and original artworks relating to Sir Isaac Newton, compiled and arranged by Charles Turnor, 1837.
Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz (1646-1716), German natural philosopher, was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1673.
Inscribed below: ‘Gez v C Osterwald. Darnstaat bei G G Lange Sthalst v E Willmann’
Engraving from MS/648/3, Collectanea Newtoniana. A collection of prints and original artworks relating to Sir Isaac Newton, compiled and arranged by Charles Turnor, 1837.
Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz (1646-1716), German natural philosopher, was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1673.
Object history
Charles Turnor presented his Collectanea Newtoniana. Being a selection of the most authentic engraved portraits of Sir Isaac Newton Knt., and other eminent Philosophers Mathematicians and Distinguished Men … to the Royal Society in 1837.
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