Papers, 1773-1820 (bulk 1773-1807).

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Papers, 1773-1820 (bulk 1773-1807).

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The collection includes family correspondence, chiefly letters from Roentgen to his son Phil. Jakob and to his brother Johannes, as well as business documents, including letters addressed to Roentgen, chiefly from Frederick William II of Prussia or his agents, a letter patent from Frederick William II of Prussia, and a receipt for payment of furniture made for Catherine II of Russia. There are additional Roentgen family papers, including: a letter from David's wife Dorothea to her son Phil. Jakob; letters from various correspondents addressed to their son, A. Roentgen; the will of Dorothea Roentgen, dated Sept. 13, 1819; a genealogical notebook with entries by Dorothea Roentgen (and others?) between 1773 and 1823. The following items also form part of the collection: a group of six unidentified silhouettes (by David Roentgen) wrapped in a folded sheet of paper labeled "Frau Rötchen"; a photographic reproduction of a silhouette composition by J.F. Anthing, labeled on the recto "David Röntgen," the original of which is identified as being owned by the Metropolitan Museum of Art Print Dept.; a photographic reproduction of a portrait identified as "David Röntgen"; an engraved portrait of Ephraim Stare; two unidentified photos of caskets presumably made by the Roentgen workshop.

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Metropolitan Museum of Art, Thomas J. Watson Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 6991807

Metropolitan Museum of Art, Thomas J. Watson Library

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Roentgen, Dorothea, b. 1749.

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Roentgen, David, 1743-1807

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David Roentgen (1743-1807) was cabinetmaker to Queen Marie-Antoinette of France. The family workshop was located at Neuwied, near Cologne. Roentgen was admitted as maître ébéniste to the trade corporation of Paris cabinetmakers in 1780. Empress Catherine II of Russia bought large quantities of his furniture after Roentgen's first visit to St. Petersburg. King Frederick William II of Prussia was also his client, and Roentgen eventually was appointed court furnisher to the king of Prussia. Roen...

Anthing, Frederic, 1753-1805

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Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.). Library

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Janet S. Byrne was a curator in the Department of Prints at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. During her 47-year career at the Museum, she developed a picture file of bookbindings and their descriptions that was rediscovered in the fall of 1993 when the Department of Drawings and Prints was preparing a survey of British illustrated books. The file was presented to the Museum's Thomas J. Watson Library for conservation, organization and retention. From the description of The Janet S. By...

Roentgen, A.

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Roentgen, Phil. Jakob, b. 1777.

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