The Optical Viewer (l’Optique)

J. F. Cazenaveca. 1794

Details

Title: The Optical Viewer (l’Optique)
Creator: J. F. Cazenave
Date Created: ca. 1794
Signatures / Inscriptions: Inscribed in plate, lower right: “Gravé par F. Cazenave”
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 donated by Elizabeth Tishler, 1995
Materials & Techniques: Etching and engraving with roulette and rocker on laid paper. Watermark: Unidentified letters
Keywords: art collecting, optics, print collecting, print viewing, science
Image Credit Line: Open Access Image from the Davison Art Center, Wesleyan University (http://www.wesleyan.edu/dac/openaccess)
Dimensions: Sheet dimensions: 617 mm x 473 mm (24.29 in. x 18.62 in.).
Bibliography: Carlson and Ittman, From Regency to Empire (1985), p. 304, cat. 110; Harisse, Boilly (1898), pp. 74–75, no. 6; see Clayton, The English Print (1997), 140–42.
Associated People: Created by J. F. Cazenave (French, active ca. 1793 - ca. 1843), After Louis Léopold Boilly (French, 1761-1845)
Accession Number: 1995.39.1

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