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Creator Role
artist printmaker
Description
The chromolithograph depicts a standing Prince Otto Edward Leopold von Bismarck-Schonhausen of Germany in his military uniform. He rests his proper left hand on a table that is covered with maps and his helmet. The lithograph is accompanied by a photocopy of a short article that originally appeared with the lithograph.
Description Source
National Portrait Gallery. https://www.npg.org.uk/collections/search/portrait/mw255720/Prince-Otto-Edward-Leopold-von-Bismarck-Schonhausen-Statesmen-No-66?set=523%3BVanity+Fair+cartoons%3A+chromolithographs+1869-1914&wPage=4&search=ap&rNo=89 (accessed July 2, 2018).
Contributor
Justice Frank J. and Virginia Williams
Approximate Creation Date
15 October 1870
Measurement
14 1/2 X 9 1/2 inches
Materials and Techniques Display
ink on paper
Inscription
recto, above image: VANITY FAIR. Oct. 15, 1870. recto, below image: No. 102. / STATESMEN No. 66. / "The ablest statesman in Europe." verso, handwritten in pencil: 936
Subjects
Bismarck, Otto, Fürst von, 1815-1898; Caricatures and cartoons
Work Type
lithograph
Class
prints
Preferred Citation
[Physical ID#]: [Title], Frank and Virginia Williams Collection of Lincolniana, Mississippi State University Libraries.
Rights
Copyright protected by Mississippi State University Libraries. Use of materials from this collection beyond the exceptions provided for in the Fair Use and Educational Use clauses of the U.S. Copyright Law may violate federal law. Permission to publish or reproduce is required.
ID
4697
Digital ID
FVW_04697
Current Location
Frank and Virginia Williams Collection of Lincolniana (Mississippi State, Mississippi, United States)
Repository
Mississippi State University Libraries.
Digital Publisher
Mississippi State University Libraries (electronic version).
Contact Information
For more information about the contents of this collection, email sp_coll@library.msstate.edu.