Friedrich August Schmidt (painter)

Friedrich August Schmidt (17 July 1795Inscription on his gravestone or 17965 January 1866) was a German lithographer, portrait painter and porcelain designer. Bernhard Dörries, Helmut Plath: Alt-Hannover 1500–1900 …, S. 46, 58, 89, 136ff., 141

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 Van Ham , commercial auction result

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.

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