Louis Asher (1804 – Hamburg – 1878). Johannes Michael Speckter. 1836 Pencil on paper. 17 × 12,6 cm (6 ¾ × 5 in.). Sheet 1: dated on the lower right, hardly legible: d. 9t Dec. 1836. Inscribed on the lower left: von Asher. On the enclosed mount cardboard inscribed in pencil: Asher, Bildnis Joh. Michael Speckter 1836. Sheet 2: inscribed in pencil on the backing cardboard: Mine Wurm. Supplements: 1) Louis Asher: Otto Speckter. Circa 1826/30. Pencil on laid paper, 17 x 12,6 cm. 2) Otto Speckter: Firmenkarte für die Privilegierte Steindruckerei J. M. Speckter, a) lithograph on paper, 10,7 x 13,9 cm; b) design for the above-mentioned company card. Circa 1829/31. Pen and black ink and grey as well as pencil on paper, laid down on paper, 10,7 x 13,9 cm. Braunfels 443. [3018] Provenance: Collection of the Hamburg artist family Speckter Literature and illustration: Maria Auguste Speckter: Familienchronik Speckter. Für die Kinder von Otto Speckter niedergeschrieben. Hamburg 1964, ill. p. 17 (J. M. Speckter)