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Design: Camera Obscura, from Encyclopédie

A work made of engraving on cream laid paper.
CC0 Public Domain Designation

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  • A work made of engraving on cream laid paper.

Date:

1762/77

Artist:

A. J. Defehrt (French, active 18th century)
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)

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Status

Currently Off View

Department

Prints and Drawings

Artist

A. J. Defehrt

Title

Design: Camera Obscura, 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

40 × 26 cm (15 3/4 × 10 1/4 in.)

Credit Line

The Art Institute of Chicago

Reference Number

1941.133.53

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