A cross-section of the wax model of an equestrian statue of Louis XIV: showing the core all surrounded by broken bricks, with an illustration of the whole model encased in a plaster mould, covered with an iron net. Engraving by R. Bénard.

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A cross-section of the wax model of an equestrian statue of Louis XIV: showing the core all surrounded by broken bricks, with an illustration of the whole model encased in a plaster mould, covered with an iron net. Engraving by R. Bénard. Wellcome Collection. Public Domain Mark. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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1 print : engraving ; image and border 35.5 x 63.2 cm

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Sculpture, fonte des statues equestres coupe de la figure equestre par le milieu de sa longeur, avec le noyau qui remplit la capacité renfermée par la cire, les egouts des cires, les jets, les events, et entourée de briquaillons. Et figure equestre couverte du moule de potee, recouvert du bandage de fer ; Benard fecit FF Further lettering is found within the print Bears number: pl. V

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Wellcome Collection 34020i

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This illustration is copied: M. Boffrand, description de ce qui a été pratiqué pour fondre en bronze d'un seul jet la figure de Louis XIV, élevée par la ville de Paris dans la place de Louis le Grand en 1699

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