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(Remarkable Characters) | Johanna Sophia Liebschern, "writing, spinning cloth, and firing pistols" with her feet

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2,000 - 3,000 USD

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(Remarkable Characters)

Liebschern, Johanna Sophia. Np., [ca. 1780s]


Engraving (256 x 192 mm). Engraved portrait, engraved text at foot; some smudging and one stain, not affecting portrait. Hinged to a mat, tissue guard.


Another portrait of Johanna Sophia Liebschern, the "foot artist"


REFERENCE:

LP&FW, p. 60

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