Friedrich August Schmidt (17 July 1795 or 1796 – 5 January 1866) was a German lithographer, portrait painter and porcelain designer.
Life
Friedrich August Schmidt had direct access to the court of the Kingdom of Hanover, with his portraits including one of Crown Prince George, the future George V of Hanover.
Known works
Hannover
Berlin
- 1837: Major City View from Unter den Linden Street in Berlin, a view from the Alte Wache over the Zeughaus, the Schlossbrücke, the Alte Museum and the Dom; oil on paper, 78 cm × 136 cm
Bibliography (in German)
- Helmut Plath: Hannover im Bild der Jahrhunderte, 3., erweiterte und verbesserte Auflage, Hannover: Verlagsgesellschaft Madsack & Co., 1966, S. 18–23, 105f.
- Bernhard Dörries, Helmut Plath (Hrsg.): Alt-Hannover 1500–1900 / Die Geschichte einer Stadt in zeitgenössischen Bildern von 1500–1900. vierte, verbesserte Auflage, Heinrich Feesche Verlag Hannover, 1977, ISBN 3-87223-024-7, S. 46, 58, 89, 136ff. insbesondere S. 141.
References
- Inscription on his gravestone
- ^ (in German) Bernhard Dörries, Helmut Plath: Alt-Hannover 1500–1900 …, S. 46, 58, 89, 136ff., 141
- (in German) Van Ham Archived 2013-06-16 at the Wayback Machine, commercial auction result
