Accession No

0883

Brief Description

engraving of the ‘L’Académie des Sciences et des Beaux Arts’, by Sébastien Leclerc, French, 1898

Origin

France

Maker

Leclerc, Sébastien

Class

prints

Earliest Date

1898

Latest Date

1898

Inscription Date

Material

paper (card and one other); wood; glass

Dimensions

(including mount and frame) breadth 532mm; height 411mm

Special Collection

Robert Whipple collection

Provenance

Purchased by Robert Stewart Whipple from N.F. Landau, Paris, France, on 16/11/1938.

Inscription

‘L’ACADEMIE DES SCIENCES ET DES BEAUX ARTS
DEDIéE AU ROY,
par son tres humble, tres obeïssant et tres fidéle Serviteur et sujet Seb. le Clerc.’ (bottom)

Description Notes

Engraving in classical style of a scene from Roman times of men of science at study. Mounted and framed. Numerous instruments and diagrams etc appear

Condition good; complete

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