Allgemeines historisches Porträtwerk: eine Sammlung von 600 Porträts der berühmtesten Personen aller Völker und Stände seit 1300 : mit biographischen Daten: Künstler und Musiker
A German historical portrait collection from 1888, edited by Woldemar von Seidlitz, gathering 600 likenesses of famous artists and musicians from 1300 onward, with biographical notes, for a general educated readership. The plates are reproductions of painted and drawn portraits in oval or rectangular frames, mostly showing men in period dress with long curled wigs, white neckcloths and dark coats, and a designer could take from them the restrained tonal palette, dignified seated poses and the oval vignette format.
