Harvard Art Museums > 2014.5: Value of the Assignat and other Paper Currency Prints Collections Search Exit Deep Zoom Mode Zoom Out Zoom In Reset Zoom Full Screen Add to Collection Order Image Copy Link Copy Citation Citation"Value of the Assignat and other Paper Currency (J. Benizy) , 2014.5,” Harvard Art Museums collections online, Apr 25, 2024, https://hvrd.art/o/349754. Reuse via IIIF Toggle Deep Zoom Mode Download This object does not yet have a description. Identification and Creation Object Number 2014.5 People J. Benizy (active c. 1760) Title Value of the Assignat and other Paper Currency Other Titles Alternate Title: Value of the Assignat and other Paper Currency from the Time of Their Issue in France until they ceased to be legal tender Original Language Title: Valeur des assignats et autres papiers monnoies depuis l'époque de leur emission en France, jusqu'à celle ou ils ont cessé d'avoir cours Classification Prints Work Type print Date 1804 Culture French Persistent Link https://hvrd.art/o/349754 Physical Descriptions Medium Etching on cream wove paper Technique Etching Dimensions image: 24 × 35.5 cm (9 7/16 × 14 in.) plate: 28.1 × 39 cm (11 1/16 × 15 3/8 in.) sheet: 33.2 × 49 cm (13 1/16 × 19 5/16 in.) Inscriptions and Marks inscription: lower right, graphite: 31[?] inscription: lower left, in plate: J. Benizy dit Dubisson del. et sculp. inscription: lower center, in plate: VALEUR DES ASSIGNATS ET AUTRES PAPIERS MONNOIES / Depuis l'époque de leur misƒion en France, jusqu' à celle ou ils ont cessé d'aovir Cours. Provenance Recorded Ownership History [Joel R. Bergquist Fine Arts, Stanford, CA] sold; to Harvard Art Museums, 2013 Acquisition and Rights Credit Line Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Jakob Rosenberg Fund Accession Year 2014 Object Number 2014.5 Division European and American Art Contact am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu Permissions The Harvard Art Museums encourage the use of images found on this website for personal, noncommercial use, including educational and scholarly purposes. To request a higher resolution file of this image, please submit an online request. Publication History Claudette Hould, L'Image de la Révolution Française, Musée du Québec (Quebec, 1989), pp 390-391, cat. no 145a, repr. (from Musée Carnavalet, Paris) Related Works P1982.409.29.1 Unidentified Artist Assignats Prints Verification Level This record has been reviewed by the curatorial staff but may be incomplete. Our records are frequently revised and enhanced. For more information please contact the Division of European and American Art at am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
