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Johann Georg Heck Art

1795-1857

Johann Georg Heck was born in Strasbourg in 1795. He was a German publisher, lithographer, cartographer, geographer and author. He became famous through his work the Pictures-Atlas of the Conversations-lexicon, Iconographic Encyclopaedia of Sciences and Arts, one of the most extensive German-language visual works of the 19th century. Heck died on November 20, 1857, in Leipzig.

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Artist: Johann Georg Heck
Hemisphere Of The New Continent - Ancient Map by J.G. Heck - 1834.
By Johann Georg Heck
Located in Roma, IT
Hemisphere Of The New Continent is an artwork realized around 1760 by Johann Georg Heck Original colored print. Good conditions except for yellowing of paper and tears along the m...
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1830s Modern Johann Georg Heck Art

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Hemisphere Of The New Continent - Ancient Map by J.G. Heck - 1834.
By Johann Georg Heck
Located in Roma, IT
Hemisphere Of The New Continent - West is an artwork realized in 1834 by Johann Georg Heck Original colored print. Good conditions except for yellowing of the paper and very littl...
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