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Print, The Education of Infancy by Time and Nature

This is a Print. It was print maker: Hieronymus Sperling and after Johann Georg Bergmüller. It is dated ca. 1750–1770 and we acquired it in 1931. Its medium is engraving on paper. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.

This object was donated by Sarah Cooper Hewitt and Eleanor Garnier Hewitt. It is credited Gift of Eleanor and Sarah Hewitt.

Its dimensions are

31.2 × 22.7 cm (12 5/16 × 8 15/16 in.)

It is inscribed

Inscribed, lower left: Bergmüller inv. del. Et exc. Aug. Vind.; lower right: H. Sperlin sculpsit.

Cite this object as

Print, The Education of Infancy by Time and Nature; Print Maker: Hieronymus Sperling (German, 1695 - 1777); After Johann Georg Bergmüller (German, 1688 - 1762); Germany; engraving on paper; 31.2 × 22.7 cm (12 5/16 × 8 15/16 in.); Gift of Eleanor and Sarah Hewitt; 1931-94-34

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