M9383: The Optical Viewer
Prints
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Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- M9383
- People
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Unidentified Artist
After J. F. Cazenave, French (active late 18th century)
After Louis-Léopold Boilly, French (La Bassée, France 1761 - 1845 Paris, France)
- Title
- The Optical Viewer
- Other Titles
- Original Language Title: L'optique
- Classification
- Prints
- Work Type
- Date
- c. 1794
- Culture
- French
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/264782
Physical Descriptions
- Medium
- Stipple engraving on cream antique laid paper
- Technique
- Stipple engraving
- Dimensions
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Image: 22.3 × 17.9 cm (8 3/4 × 7 1/16 in.)
Sheet: 25.5 × 20.2 cm (10 1/16 × 7 15/16 in.) - Inscriptions and Marks
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- inscription: Below image: L'OPTIQUE / A Paris, Rue des Noyers, N°. 15.
Provenance
- Recorded Ownership History
- Mrs. William Simes, gift; to Fogg Art Museum, 1938
State, Edition, Standard Reference Number
- Standard Reference Number
- IFF, vol. IV, cat. no. 4, p. 156
Acquisition and Rights
- Credit Line
- Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Mrs. William Simes
- Accession Year
- 1938
- Object Number
- M9383
- Division
- European and American Art
- Contact
- am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
- Permissions
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Exhibition History
- 32Q: 2220 18th-19th Century, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 11/19/2015 - 05/05/2016
Verification Level
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