Drie silhouetportretten van onbekende mannen, RP-P-2000-98, Johann Gottlieb Prestel, between 1700 and 1799

Identification title(s): three silhouette portraits of unknown men. Object type: silhouette print object number: rp-p-2000-98. Inscriptions / marks: collector's mark, verso, stamped: lugt 2228 collector's mark, verso, stamped: lugt 2760. Manufacture. Manufacturer: printmaker: anonymous, printmaker: johann gottlieb prestel. Place of manufacture: germany. Dating: 1700 - 1799. Physical features: etching and engraving, printed from three plates. Material: paper technique: etching / engraving (printing process). Dimensions: plate edge: h 124 mm (same size for the three plates) × w 95 mm (same size for the three plates) explanation the same plate may be used three times, due to the same size. Subject: what: silhouette-apparatus, 'physionotrace'. Acquisition: purchase 2000. Date: between 1700 and 1799.