Guardian Angel
after Bernhard Plockhorst (Brunswick 1825 - Berlin 1907)
Category
Art / Prints
Date
Unknown
Materials
Paper
Measurements
270 x 215 mm
Place of origin
Munich
Order this imageCollection
Tyntesfield, North Somerset
NT 12282
Summary
Print, etching, Guardian Angel after Bernhard Plockhorst (Brunswick 1825 - Berlin 1907). Black and white printed etching depicting an angel overlooking two infants on edge of cliff. Inscription on top right-hand edge of print within mount, PRINTED IN MUNICH and on bottom left-hand corner B.PLOCKHORST. pinx. Bottom right-hand corner GRAVURE HANFSTAENGL. Centre below print within mount 3587 titled GUARDIAN ANGEL. Central lower edge of print FRANZ HANFSTAENGL, MUNCHEN, LONDON AND NEW YORK. Print signed within picture at lower right, P.BLOCKHURST. Reverse of mount in botton left-hand corner endorsed GRAVURE HANFSTAENGL, KABINETT NO.
Provenance
Purchased from the estate of the late Lord Wraxall with the assistance of the NHMF and donations from members and supporters.
Makers and roles
after Bernhard Plockhorst (Brunswick 1825 - Berlin 1907), artist Franz Seraph Hanfstaengl (1804 - Munich 1877) , printer