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Identification and Creation

Object Number
2017.171
People
Robert Bénard, French (Paris born 1734)
After Louis-Jacques Goussier, French (Paris 1722 - 1799 Paris)
Author: Denis Diderot, French (Langres, France 1713 - 1784 Paris, France)
Title
Gold, Silver, and Copper Casting
Other Titles
Series/Book Title: Fonte de L'Or, De L'Argent et Du Cuivre
Series/Book Title: Encyclopedie, ou dictionnaire raisonne des sciences, des arts et des metiers, Volume 5
Classification
Prints
Work Type
print
Date
1767
Culture
French
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/358399

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Six plates and one content sheet
Technique
Engraving and letterpress

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
[Henry Sotheran Limited, London], sold; to Harvard Art Museums, 2017

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Richard Norton Memorial Fund
Accession Year
2017
Object Number
2017.171
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
Six plates and one content sheet

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