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Print, Portrait of Martin Luther

This is a Print. It is dated 1750-1760 and we acquired it in 1919. Its medium is mezzotint on paper. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.

This object was donated by Mrs. Henry Tobin Maury.

Its dimensions are

Plate: 25.8 × 19.8 cm (10 3/16 × 7 13/16 in.) Paper: 27.6 × 21 cm (10 7/8 × 8 1/4 in.)

It is inscribed

In an oval frame. Inscribed, lower right: "R. Houson Fecit"; along lower margin: "D. Martinus Lutherus/natus... Cornhill London."

Cite this object as

Print, Portrait of Martin Luther; England; mezzotint on paper; Plate: 25.8 × 19.8 cm (10 3/16 × 7 13/16 in.) Paper: 27.6 × 21 cm (10 7/8 × 8 1/4 in.); 1919-33-3

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