L1.63 Sack, Carl August (1721-1810) and Margareta Gertraud Sack (1736-1799)

L1.63 Sack, Carl August (1721-1810) and Margareta Gertraud Sack (1736-1799)

Photographs and Portraits

1805

Engraving. Credits below the portrait: Selleke pinx. D. Berger fecit Berol. 1805 11 x 8¾ inches.

Earliest of the Bleek family portraits, this engraving depicts Bleek's great-grandparents. Engraved below each oval portrait is an inscription: Carl August Sack. geboren den 13 November 1821. Margareta Gertraud Sack. Geboren den 22 May 1736, geboren den 5 Decemb. 1799. Dem wűrdigen Paare, am 84 ten Geburts Tage des Vaters. von sämtlichen Kindern und Enkeln. den 13 November 1804. The engraving was a gift to Carl Sack in honor of his 84th birthday. His wife had died in 1799. He died in 1810. He was a Criminal Counselor. The print artist was Daniel Berger (1744-1824).