Plate 1, from "Gantz Neue Inventionen von Rauch und Schnupff Tobacks Dosen"
Title page of a series of six prints. On the left side a lid a tabacco box is depicted with in the middle a scene of three men smoking around a table. The title of the series has been placed in an oval escutcheon on the right.
Artwork Details
- Title: Plate 1, from "Gantz Neue Inventionen von Rauch und Schnupff Tobacks Dosen"
- Series/Portfolio: Gantz Neue Inventionen von Rauch und Schnupff Tobacks Dosen
- Artist: Johann Jakob Baumgartner (German, 1694–1744)
- Publisher: Johann Jakob Baumgartner (German, 1694–1744)
- Published in: Augsburg
- Date: ca. 1720
- Medium: Etching
- Dimensions: Overall: 6 5/16 x 10 1/2 x 3/16in. (16 x 26.6 x 0.4cm)
Sheet: 3 11/16 x 7 5/8 in. (9.3 x 19.4 cm) - Classifications: Prints, Ornament & Architecture
- Credit Line: Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1942
- Object Number: 42.40.2(1)
- Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints
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