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Linnaeus, Carolus (47b)
Life
Dates:
23 May 1707–10 January 1778
Creator/Photographer:
Scheffel, J. H. (artist of original, 1739)
Date
Created/Published:
1739
Type:
color print
Size: 4 x 6
Copyright Restrictions:
none
Acquired:
July 1970
Notes: Print is copy of painting on a postcard. Original oil painting held at Hammerby Estate, Uppsala, Sweden (managed by Uppsala University). Item type on card listed as lithograph. Written below image: Oljemalning av J. H. Scheffel 1739. This portrait is known as the "bridegroom portrait"; Scheffel also painted a portrait of Sara Lisa Moraea as Linnaeus' bride in the same year. Color slides produced by HI housed in port. folder.