Object Details
- depicted
- Hahnemann, Melanie
- Description
- Print of Melanie Hahnemann, chest and head view, full face. Hahnemann is wearing an empire-style dress with voluminous sleeves.
- Melanie Hahnemann (1800-1878), nee Mélanie d'Hervilly Gohier, was a French aristocrat who was treated by, and then married, Samuel Hahnemann, the founder of homeopathy. After the two returned to Paris in 1835, Melanie became an accomplished homeopath. The “A Magdebourg chez Mazzucchi” inscription at the bottom of this portrait print refers to the printer, Caesar Mazzucchi in Magdeburg.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Credit Line
- Gift of American Pharmaceutical Association and Bristol-Myers Squibb Company
- ID Number
- 1991.0664.0026
- accession number
- 1991.0664
- collector/donor number
- SAP 939
- Object Name
- Other Terms
- print; ART OBJECTS
- Physical Description
- paper (overall material)
- ink (overall material)
- white (overall color)
- black (overall color)
- lithography (overall production method/technique)
- Measurements
- overall: 26.5 cm x 18.2 cm; 10 7/16 in x 7 5/32 in
- image: 16.7 cm x 14.2 cm; 6 9/16 in x 5 19/32 in
- place made
- Germany: Saxony-Anhalt, Magdeburg
- Related Publication
- Urdang, George and Ferdinand William Nitardy. The Squibb Ancient Pharmacy: A Catalogue of the Collection
- See more items in
- Medicine and Science: Medicine
- European Apothecary
- Religion
- Art
- National Museum of American History
- Subject
- Portraits
- Pharmacy
- Record ID
- nmah_993992
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a8-813b-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
