Jacob Adam (9 October 1748 – 16 September 1811) was an

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etcher Etching is traditionally the process of using strong acid or mordant to cut into the unprotected parts of a metal surface to create a design in intaglio (incised) in the metal. In modern manufacturing, other chemicals may be used on other types ...

. Adam worked mainly for printing offices, but is best known for his small format portraits of which he created more than 100. He was born and died in

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. Adam created miniature portrait etchings of famous people of his day, including

Charles-Joseph, 7th Prince of Ligne Charles-Joseph Lamoral, 7th Prince de Ligne in French; in German Karl-Joseph Lamoral 7. Fürst von Ligne (also known as Karl Fürst von Ligne or ''Fürst de Ligne''): (23 May 1735 – 13 December 1814) was a field marshal, inhaber of an infantr ...

and the Holy Roman Emperor

Joseph II Joseph II (German: Josef Benedikt Anton Michael Adam; English: ''Joseph Benedict Anthony Michael Adam''; 13 March 1741 – 20 February 1790) was Holy Roman Emperor from August 1765 and sole ruler of the Habsburg lands from November 29, 1780 unt ...

; the latter etching is kept in the collections of the

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in New York.

References

Sources

* ''Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie''
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* ''Allgemeines Künstler-lexikon: Unter Mitwirkung der namhaftesten Fachgelehrten des In- und Auslandes''. 1872. Vol. 1, pp. 61–63 * Constantin von Wurzbach: Adam, Jakob. Bibliographical entry in ''Biographisches Lexikon des Kaiserthums Oesterreich''. 1856. Part 1, p. 4 f. 1748 births 1811 deaths Austrian etchers Portrait artists {{printmaker-stub