Papetterie, Dérompoir
Date1767
Maker
Jean le Rond d'Alembert
1717 - 1783
Maker
Denis Diderot
1713-1784
Artist/Maker
Robert Bénard
1734 - 1777
Artist/Maker
Louis-Jacques Goussier
1722 - 1799
OriginEurope, France, Paris
MediumEtching with line engraving
DimensionsOverall: 15 1/4 × 10in. (38.7 × 25.4cm)
Other (Plate): 14 × 9in. (35.6 × 22.9cm)
Other (Plate): 14 × 9in. (35.6 × 22.9cm)
Credit LineMuseum Purchase
Object number1966-219,5
DescriptionUpper margin reads: "Pl. III." Lower margin reads: "Goussier del./ Benard fecit/ Papetterie, Dérompoir."Label TextA plate from Denis Diderot's "Encyclopédie, ou dictionnaire raisonné des sciences, des arts et des métiers" on papermaking. In the upper part of the print the cutting manually of the rancid rags is shown being done by small boys. They do this with a scythe-blade in bins. This is actually done before it goes into the stamping mill, shown on the bottom of 1966-219, 4. The bottom of this print shows another angle of the stamping mill.ProvenanceBefore 1966, Thure Krarup (Glen Falls, New York); 1966-present, purchased by the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation (Williamsburg, VA).
