Carl Teodor Löwstädt

Carl Teodor Löwstädt (16 September 1787 – 16 June 1829) was a Swedish printmaker and artist.

He was born in Stralsund in Swedish Pomerania.

He was mainly a printmaker, and was one of the first artists in Sweden to use lithography as a printing technique.

Löwstädt published several albums of caricatures, military uniforms and copies of historical artworks.

[1] His son was publisher Rudolf Löwstädt [sv], and his granddaughters Emma Chadwick and Eva Löwstädt-Åström were also artists.

Self-portrait by Carl Theodor Löwstädt