Papetterie, La Salle
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 1/4 × 10in. (38.7 × 25.4cm)
Other: 14 1/4 × 9in. (36.2 × 22.9cm)
Other: 14 1/4 × 9in. (36.2 × 22.9cm)
Credit LineMuseum Purchase
Object number1966-219,15
DescriptionUpper right hand corner reads: "Pl. XIII."Lower margin reads: "Goussier del./ Benard fecit./ Papetterie, La Salle."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." The paper is now in the final stage of being polished, folded and counted into bundles of folios, and then compressed in order to put into bundles. These tasks are for the most part done by children. The upper part of the print shows them at work. The bottom shows some of the machinery necessary for it.Mark(s)Pl. XIIIProvenanceBefore 1966, Thure Krarup (Glen Falls, New York); 1966-present, purchased by the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation (Williamsburg, VA).
