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This and 12 other objects are a part of a set whose first object is Album, Album of Prints from the Encyclopedia, or Dictionary of Sciences, Arts and Trades.

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Print, Orfèvre Bÿoutier

This is a Print. It was designed by J.R. Lucotte and written by Jean le Rond d'Alembert and Denis Diderot and print maker: Robert Bénard. It is dated 1762 and we acquired it in 1920. Its medium is etching and engraving on laid paper. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.

This object was donated by Advisory Council. It is credited Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council.

It is signed

Lettered in plate, lower left: Lucotte Del.; lettered lower right: Benard Fecit.

It is inscribed

Lettered in plate, upper right: Pl. III; inscribed in graphite, lower right margin: 11; lettered in plate, lower center: Orfèvre Bÿoutier; inscribed in graphite, lower left margin: C7

Cite this object as

Print, Orfèvre Bÿoutier; Designed by J.R. Lucotte (French, 1750–84); Written by Denis Diderot (French, 1713–1784), Jean le Rond d'Alembert (French, 1717–1783); Print Maker: Robert Bénard; France; etching and engraving on laid paper; Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council; 1921-6-344-11

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