2017.174: Goldsmiths
PrintsA rectangular print on off-white paper, printed in black. The top third of the page shows a workshop with men working on various stages of metalsmithing. The bottom two-thirds shows examples of objects made in a silver workshop, including pitchers and a bell.
Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- 2017.174
- People
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Robert Bénard, French (Paris born 1734)
After Jacques-Raymond Lucotte, French (1733 - 1804)
Author: Denis Diderot, French (Langres, France 1713 - 1784 Paris, France)
- Title
- Goldsmiths
- Other Titles
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Series/Book Title: Orfèvre Grossier
Series/Book Title: Encyclopédie, ou dictionnaire raisonné des sciences, des arts et des métiers, Volume 8 - Classification
- Prints
- Work Type
- Date
- 1771
- Culture
- French
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/358405
Physical Descriptions
- Technique
- Engraving and letterpress
Provenance
- Recorded Ownership History
- [Henry Sotheran Limited, London], sold; to Harvard Art Museums, 2017
Acquisition and Rights
- Credit Line
- Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Richard Norton Memorial Fund
- Accession Year
- 2017
- Object Number
- 2017.174
- Division
- European and American Art
- Contact
- am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
- Permissions
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Descriptions
- Description
- Nineteen plates and one content sheet
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Verification Level
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