The Optical Viewer
c. 1794
Fréderic Cazenave
Fréderic Cazenave (French)
Prints
The Optical Viewer, c. 1794. Fréderic Cazenave (French), after Louis Léopold Boilly (French, 1761–1845). Etching and engraving hand colored with watercolor; overall: 65 x 47.2 cm (25 9/16 x 18 9/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Leonard C. Hanna, Jr., for the Coralie Walker Hanna Memorial Collection 1939.171
- Maker/Artist
- Fréderic Cazenave
- Classification
- Formatted Medium
- etching and engraving hand colored with watercolor
- Medium
- etching, engraving, hand, colored, watercolor
- Dimensions
- Overall: 65 x 47.2 cm (25 9/16 x 18 9/16 in.)
- Inscribed
- Inscription: below border, lower left: Peint par L. Boilly; below border, lower right: Gravé par F. Cazenave.; in margin: L'Optique.; bottom center: A Paris chez L'Auteur, Rue Jacques N°. 13 en face de la rue de la Parcheminierie./ Imprimé par Finot
- Departments
- Prints
- Accession Number
- 1939.171
- Credit Line
- Gift of Leonard C. Hanna, Jr., for the Coralie Walker Hanna Memorial Collection
- Exhibitions
- Printing in Color, Rococo, Revolution, Restoration
- Rights Statement
- CC0
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