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DOS2005-PC-228
Papetterie, Moulin en Plan
DOS2005-PC-228

Papetterie, Moulin en Plan

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)
MediumEtching with line engraving
DimensionsOverall: 15 1/4 × 10in. (38.7 × 25.4cm) Other (Plate): 14 × 9in. (35.6 × 22.9cm)
Credit LineMuseum Purchase
Object number1966-219,7
DescriptionUpper right corner reads: "Pl. V."
Lower margin reads: "Goussier del./ Benard fecit./ Papetterie, Mouln en Plan."
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 shows the plan for carrying the pulp through the paper mill.