print;
book-illustration
- Museum number
- 1873,0510.1916
- Description
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Three men on a mound at night, one of whom seen looking through a telescope towards the left, another sitting no the ground and addressing the third man, who points towards the starry sky; finished state of vignette to 'Les astrologues', in Claude Joseph Dorat's "Fables nouvelles, ou allégories philosophiques" (Paris: Delalain, 1773). 1774
Etching and engraving, with letterpress-printed text
- Production date
- 1774
- Dimensions
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Height: 66 millimetres (trimmed)
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Width: 98 millimetres
- $Inscriptions
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- Curator's comments
- See 1873,0510.1909 for comment on book.
- Location
- Not on display
- Associated titles
Associated Title: Fables nouvelles
- Acquisition date
- 1873
- Department
- Prints and Drawings
- Registration number
- 1873,0510.1916