A young woman, seated outdoors, with an armillary sphere or similar instrument, looking pensive. Colour engraving by E. Jeaurat.

  • Jeaurat, Edme, approximately 1688-1738.
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[between 1700 and 1799]
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30627i
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A young woman, seated outdoors, with an armillary sphere or similar instrument, looking pensive. Colour engraving by E. Jeaurat. Wellcome Collection. Public Domain Mark. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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In the background is the Observatory of Paris, showing the south face of the building designed by Claude Perrault, with a telescope on the roof

Publication/Creation

[Paris?] : [publisher not identified], [between 1700 and 1799] (Paris : Imp. Delâtre, [between 1800 and 1899])

Physical description

1 print : engraving, printed in sanguine ; platemark 26.3 x 20 cm

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Jaurat del. et sc.

References note

Not found in: Michèle Hébert, Inventaire du fonds français, graveurs du XVIIIe siècle, Bibliothèque nationale, Département des estampes, Paris 1973, vol. 12 (inventory of prints by Edme Jeaurat)

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Wellcome Collection 30627i

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