Design: Pantograph, from Encyclopédie

Prints and Drawings

1762/77

Benoît-Louis Prévost (French, c. 1735-1809)
after Louis-Jaques Goussier (French, 1722-1799)
published by André le Breton (French, 1708-1779), Michel-Antoine David (French, c. 1707-1769), Laurent Durand (French, 1712-1763), and Antoine-Claude Briasson (French, 1700-1775)

Status: Currently Off View
Department: Prints and Drawings

Artist: Benoît-Louis Prévost
Title: Design: Pantograph, from Encyclopédie
Place: France (Artist's nationality)
Date Dates are not always precisely known, but the Art Institute strives to present this information as consistently and legibly as possible. Dates may be represented as a range that spans decades, centuries, dynasties, or periods and may include qualifiers such as c. (circa) or BCE.: 1762–1777
Medium: Engraving on cream laid paper
Dimensions: Image: 31.4 × 41 cm (12 3/8 × 16 3/16 in.); Plate: 34.5 × 44 cm (13 5/8 × 17 3/8 in.); Sheet: 41.1 × 48 cm (16 3/16 × 18 15/16 in.)
Credit Line: The Art Institute of Chicago
Reference Number: 1941.133.51
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