Papetterie, Moulin en Porfil.
Date1767
Engraver
Robert Bénard
1734 - 1777
After work by
Louis-Jacques Goussier
1722 - 1799
Publisher
Jean le Rond d'Alembert
1717 - 1783
Publisher
Denis Diderot
1713-1784
OriginEurope, France, Paris
MediumEtching with line engraving
DimensionsOverall: 15 1/4 × 10in. (38.7 × 25.4cm)
Other (Plate): 14 1/4 × 9in. (36.2 × 22.9cm)
Other (Plate): 14 1/4 × 9in. (36.2 × 22.9cm)
Credit LineMuseum Purchase
Object number1966-219,9
DescriptionUpper right corner reads: "Pl. VII." Lower margin reads: "Goussier del./ Benard fecit./ Papetterie, Moulin en Profil."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." A side view of the water wheel that provides power for the paper mill.ProvenanceBefore 1966, Thure Krarup (Glen Falls, New York); 1966-present, purchased by the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation (Williamsburg, VA).
