Imprimerie en Taille Douce, Devéloppement de la Presse: pl. II

1771/1779

French 18th Century after Robert Benard and Louis-Jacques Goussier

Associated Names
French 18th Century

Artist

Denis Diderot

Editor, French, 1713 - 1784

Jacques Renaud Benard

Artist After, French, 1731 - 1794

Louis-Jacques Goussier

Artist After, French, 1722 - 1799

This is a drawing featuring detailed components of a printing press. The illustration includes various labeled parts and sectional views of mechanical structures related to a vintage printing press. Each component is shown with precise detail, likely indicating how different pieces fit together or function within the mechanism. The components are numbered and organized neatly across the page, with an emphasis on technical understanding. The etching style and the language used at the bottom ("Imprimerie en Taille Douce, Devéloppement de la Presse") suggest that this diagram serves as an instructional or descriptive guide for the assembly or function of the printing press depicted.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    engraving on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund

  • Dimensions

    plate: 35.6 x 22.5 cm (14 x 8 7/8 in.)
    sheet: 45 x 29.7 cm (17 11/16 x 11 11/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1996.20.14

  • Volume Title

    Diderot and d'Alembert, [Encyclopédie, ou Dictionnaire raisonné des Sciences, des Arts et des Métiers] "Recueil de Planches, sur les Sciences et les Arts" (vol. 6)

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Ursus Books and Prints, Ltd., New York; purchased 1996 by NGA.

Associated Names

Inscriptions

lower right in plate: D.s.; lower center in plate: Imprimerie en Taille Douce, Devéloppement de la Presse.; lower left in plate: 24; upper right in plate: Pl. II.

Wikidata ID

Q75396644

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