Lunetier, Machines à couper et à polir

A plate illustrating opticians' tools for cutting and polishing lenses, presumably from a French encyclopedia. The engravings illustrating Diderot and d'Alembert's Encyclopedie (1751–80) were, as this one, by Benard after J-R Lucotte.

See also ZBA4497-8.

Object Details

ID: ZBA4499
Collection: Fine art
Type: Print
Display location: Not on display
Creator: Lucotte, J.-R.; Benard
Date made: 1750-1899; 1800-1899 19th century
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements: Sheet: 397 x 250 mm