Dissection of a Lizard, Plate 15

Jean Baptiste André Gautier d'Agoty1756

Details

Title: Dissection of a Lizard, Plate 15
Creator: Jean-Baptiste André Gautier-Dagoty
Date Created: 1756
Signatures / Inscriptions: Inscribed in plate, lower right: “Mr. Gautier et Toussaint”; inscribed in plate, upper right: “Octob. 1756, Pa 287”
Object Type: Prints, works of art
Object Link: See this artwork on the Davison Art Center website
Object Credit Line: Davison Art Center, Wesleyan University. Friends of the Davison Art Center funds, 1992
Materials & Techniques: Mezzotint printed in colors on laid paper
Keywords: anatomy, animals, color intaglio, lizards, medicine, reptiles
Image Credit Line: Open Access Image from the Davison Art Center, Wesleyan University (http://www.wesleyan.edu/dac/openaccess)
Edition: From the journal “Observations pèriodiques sur la physique et des arts,” published with color plates in 1756 and 1757 by Toussaint
Dimensions: Plate dimensions: 212 mm x 146 mm (8.35 in. x 5.75 in.).
Bibliography: Inventaire Bibliothèque Nationale 16; see Franklin, Colin & Charlotte (missing from Print Ref. Library)
Associated People: Created by Jean-Baptiste André Gautier-Dagoty (French, 1740-1786)
Accession Number: 1992.11.1

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