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Techniques and Reception of Prints in Central and Eastern Europe (15th–18th c.)
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Two Germans with a Falcon

In Gaius Iulius Caesar, The commentaries of Caesar, William Duncan (translator), London: Jacob (III) Tonson and Richard (II) Tonson (printer), 1753, No 37

No 37 (37 of 86 in-Urus figures)
No 38
No 36
Details
  • printing: impression
  • engraving
  • etching
  • paper
  • page: figure
  • book decoration: illustration
Matrices
  • Two Germans with a Falcon (Tonson)
Actors
  • Jacob (III) Tonson and Richard (II) Tonson printer : 1753
Places
  • London production place : 1753
Design

Two Germans with a Falcon (Tonson) Part of Set of plates for Caesar's Commentarii in folio (Tonson 1712) ◼

In-Urus interactions
  • ⇥ Germanic Warriors (Societas Albritiana) Part of Set of plates for Caesar's Commentarii (Societas Albritiana 1737) ◼
  • ⇤ Workshop of Hendrik Hondius (printmaker attr.), Germanic Noble Couple with a Falk (Elzevier) Part of Set for Clüver's Germaniae antiquae libri tres (Elzevier) ◼
Expert view
Iconography description
  • Germans (Iconclass: 32B2(GERMANIC PEOPLES))
  • Hunting with falcon, hawk; falconry (Iconclass: 43C11(+4241))
Narrative

Customs of the Gallic tribes (Commentarii de bello Gallico, VI, 11-20)

Functional context

Corpus Caesarianum (Cosmographies, chorographies and chronicles)

References
Web resources
  • digital copy - microfilm (InternetArchive)
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Created by
  • Grażyna Jurkowlaniec (2025-01-05 15:51)

Edited by
  • Grażyna Jurkowlaniec

Last update by
  • Grażyna Jurkowlaniec (2025-08-26 07:12)

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