| LC control no. | n 85316577 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Kopisch, August, 1799-1853 |
| Associated place | Potsdam (Germany) Blue Grotto (Italy) |
| Birth date | 1799-05-26 |
| Death date | 1853-02-03 |
| Place of birth | Wrocław (Poland) |
| Place of death | Berlin (Germany) |
| Profession or occupation | Painters Poets |
| Found in | Dante Alighieri. Göttliche Komödie, 1862: t.p. (August Kopisch) LC in RLIN, 4-27-87 (hdg.: Kopisch, August, 1799-1853) Kopisch, August. Die Heinzelmännchen von Köln, 2013: title page (August Kopisch) Encyclopædia Britannica Online, viewed June 17, 2016: (August Kopisch; born May 26, 1799, Breslau, Silesia, now Wrocław, Poland; died February 3, 1853, Berlin, Germany; German painter and poet known for poetry based on legends and fairy tales; 1823-1828, studied painting and archaeology in Italy and in 1826 rediscovered, with landscape painter Ernst Fries, the Blue Grotto at Capri, Italy; returning to Germany, received a pension from the Prussian crown prince and in 1847 was given a court position at Potsdam, Germany, where he wrote a history of the royal gardens; also translated parts of Dante's Divine comedy) |
| Associated language | ger |
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