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DOS2005-PC-229
Papetterie, Moulin en Élévation
DOS2005-PC-229

Papetterie, Moulin en Élévation

Date1767
Engraver 1734 - 1777
After work by 1722 - 1799
Publisher 1713-1784
Publisher 1717 - 1783
MediumEtching with line engraving
DimensionsOverall: 15 1/4 × 9 3/4in. (38.7 × 24.8cm)
Other (Plate): 14 1/4 × 8 3/4in. (36.2 × 22.2cm)
Credit LineMuseum Purchase
Object number1966-219,8
DescriptionUpper right margin reads: "Pl. VI."
Lower margin reads: "Goussier del./ Benard fecit/ Papetterie, Moulin en Élévation."
Label TextA plate from Denis Diderot's Encyclopédie, ou dictionnaire raisonné des sciences, des arts et des métiers" on papermaking found in "Recueil de Planches, vol. V." An elevation plan of the paper mill with several different types of presses shown.ProvenanceBefore 1966, Thure Krarup (Glen Falls, New York); 1966-present, purchased by the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation (Williamsburg, VA).