19th-Century British School, Portrait Of A Cartographer Orange Anton Laupheimer (1848-1927)

Anton Laupheimer (1848-1927)

Diego de Borgraf arrived in Mexico in 1640 having travelled over with Bishop Don Juan de Palafox and fellow artist Pedro Garcia Ferrer (1583–1660)

locally-made

he was probably living in Stockholm so perhaps it was a tannery based in the City

The portrait and signed/dated in the lower right

19th-Century British School, Portrait Of A Cartographer Orange Anton Laupheimer (1848-1927)This fine mid 19th century portrait depicts a dapper gentleman wearing a black coat, black waistcoat, white shirt and black necktie. A map of the West Indies rests on his desk and he holds a compass with both hands. Given the clues, its plausible that hes a cartographer and directly involved in mapping the region. There were several well admired map makers working at this time and our research is ongoing. The portrait is housed within an ornate swept