L1.65 Sack, Johann August (1764-1831)

L1.65 Sack, Johann August (1764-1831)

Photographs and Portraits

Engraving. Oval portrait 3½ x 3 inches on single sheet 8¾ x 6 inches. Signature below the portrait: S: Halle fc.

Text engraved below gives Sack's name and some career details in German. He was a Privy Councilor at the Prussian Court, Chief of the Department of Industry and Commerce in the Ministry of the Interior, and a Knight of the Order of the Red Eagle. It has not yet been established exactly how he was related to Carl August Sack. The print artist was J.S.L. Halle, an 18th century engraver. The signature on this Sack engraving is identical to one on an engraving of mathematician and physicist Johann Daniel Titius (1729-1796) and the capitalization and script of the inscription below the Sack portrait are the same as Halle used on the Titius engraving.