Friedrich August Schmidt (painter) explained

Friedrich August Schmidt (17 July 1795^[1] or 17965 January 1866) was a German lithographer, portrait painter and porcelain designer.^[2]

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.^[2]

Known works

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^[3]

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

1. [:File:Friedrich August Schmidt 1796-1866 Porzellan- und Porträtmaler, Lithograf, Grabstein in Celle, Hehlentorfriedhof östlicher Teil.jpg|Inscription on his gravestone]
2. Bernhard Dörries, Helmut Plath: Alt-Hannover 1500–1900 …, S. 46, 58, 89, 136ff., 141
3. Van Ham, commercial auction result