Gravure à l'Eau Forte, Machine à Balotter: pl. VI, 1771/1779

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volume Title

Diderot and d'Alembert, [Encyclopédie, ou Dictionnaire raisonné des Sciences, des Arts et des Métiers] "Recueil de Planches, sur les Sciences et les Arts" (vol. 4)

Medium

engraving on laid paper

Dimensions

plate: 35.3 x 22.3 cm (13 7/8 x 8 3/4 in.)

sheet: 40.2 x 26.3 cm (15 13/16 x 10 3/8 in.)

Credit Line

Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund

Accession Number

1996.20.7

Artists / Makers

French 18th Century (artist)

Denis Diderot (editor) French, 1713 - 1784

Robert Benard (artist after) French, born 1734

Image Use

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Inscription

lower center in plate: Gravure à l'Eau Forte, Machine à Balotter.; lower left in plate: 158.; upper right in plate: Pl. VI.

Provenance

Ursus Books and Prints, Ltd., New York; purchased 1996 by NGA.

Associated Names

Ursus Books and Prints, Ltd.