Papetterie, Moulin, Détails d'une des Cuves à Cilindres
Date1767
Engraver
Robert Bénard
1734 - 1777
After work by
Louis-Jacques Goussier
1722 - 1799
Publisher
Denis Diderot
1713-1784
Publisher
Jean le Rond d'Alembert
1717 - 1783
OriginEurope, France, Paris
MediumEtching with line engraving
DimensionsOverall: 15 1/4in., 9.7lb. (38.7cm, 4.4kg)
Other: 14 × 9in. (35.6 × 22.9cm)
Other: 14 × 9in. (35.6 × 22.9cm)
Credit LineMuseum Purchase
Object number1966-219,10
DescriptionUpper right corner reads: "Pl. VIII./ Goussier del./ Benard fecit/ Papetterie, Moulin, Détails d'une des Cuves à Cilindres."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." This is a plate showing in detail the tub and tools which start the making of pulp into sheets of paper.ProvenanceBefore 1966, Thure Krarup (Glen Falls, New York); 1966-present, purchased by the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation (Williamsburg, VA).
