Object Details
Artist
Conrad Gessner
Date
1801
Medium
Polyautograph on laid paper mounted on original support sheet with dark brown aquatint border.
Dimensions
Sheet: 9 1/8 x 12 1/4 inches (23.2 x 31.1 cm)
Credit Line
Acquired through the Museum Membership Fund
Object
Number
85.043
One of the earliest existing polyautographs by any artist anywhere, the work was completed in 1801 a(…)
One of the earliest existing polyautographs by any artist anywhere, the work was completed in 1801 and submitted to André only a few weeks after the completion of Benjamin West’s Angel of the Resurrection, which is generally considered to be the first artist’s lithograph.
