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Print, Brodeur, from Diderot's Encyclopaedia, 1763
This is a Print. It was written by Denis Diderot and designed by Goussier and engraved by Louis Benoit Prevost. It is dated 1763 and we acquired it in 1949. Its medium is engraving on white paper. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.
This object was
donated by
Mrs. George A. Kubler.
It is credited Gift of Mrs. George A. Kubler.
- Book, Encyclopédie, ou, Dictionnaire raisonné des sciences, des arts et des...
- leather-bound paper boards, paper.
- Courtesy of Smithsonian Libraries, Cooper Hewitt Smithsonian Design Library.
- 24.2012.1
- Print, The First Knot (Interlace Pattern with White Medallion)
- woodcut on off-white laid paper.
- Museum purchase through gift of Eleanor and Sarah Hewitt.
- 1944-37-1-a
Its dimensions are
35.3 x 22.5 cm (13 7/8 x 8 7/8 in.), irregular
It is signed
Signed in plate, lower left: Goussier del.; lower right: Prevost fecit
It is inscribed
Inscribed in plate, upper right: Pl. II; lower center: Brodeur
Cite this object as
Print, Brodeur, from Diderot's Encyclopaedia, 1763; Designed by Goussier; Written by Denis Diderot (French, 1713–1784); Engraved by Louis Benoit Prevost (1735–1804); France; engraving on white paper; 35.3 x 22.5 cm (13 7/8 x 8 7/8 in.), irregular; Gift of Mrs. George A. Kubler; 1949-152-189
