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DOS2005-PC-230
Papetterie, Moulin en Porfil.
DOS2005-PC-230

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)
MediumEtching with line engraving
DimensionsOverall: 15 1/4 × 10in. (38.7 × 25.4cm) 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.