Theodoro Mommsen, 1817-1903 – Historic Print
![Theodoro Mommsen, 1817-1903, [no date recorded on caption card] — antique engraving](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/ce/ce380188ab72-L.webp)
(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
Description
This rare antique engraving captures Theodoro Mommsen, 1817-1903 in remarkable detail. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.
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Theodoro Mommsen, 1817-1903
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Theodor Mommsen, the German historian and classical scholar, is the subject of this engraved portrait, though the record spells his first name "Theodoro" and gives his lifespan as 1817 to 1903, which matches his dates. Mommsen won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1902 for his multivolume "Römische Geschichte" (History of Rome), a work that shaped how generations read Roman political life. The caption card carries no date for the print, and its attribution is unverified, so the engraving's origin is best approached as an uncertain one, while the sitter himself is well documented.
| Created / published | [no date recorded on caption card] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print : engraving. |
| Notes | This record contains unverified data from caption card. Caption card tracings: B.I. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,500 × 1,867 px · prints to 5 × 6 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-157081 |
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