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Benoît-Louis Prévost

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Engraved plate showing a gem engraver at a workbench, a lathe in the room, and two technical diagrams below.

Gem Engraving, from Encyclopédie

1762/77

Engraved plate of seal engraving tools and a workshop scene with two craftsmen in an interior.

Seal Engraving, from Encyclopédie

1762/77

Engraved plate of a medal engraver's workshop above labeled diagrams of medal-making tools and molds.

Medal Engraving, from Encyclopédie

1762/77

Engraved plate of a man writing at a desk in a room, with below it studies of quill pens, hands, an inkwell and a sand box.

Art of Writing, from Encyclopédie

1760

Engraved plate showing card-making tools, workbench, drying frames and a heating stand, labeled Cartier, Pl. II.

Card-Maker, from Encyclopédie

1762/77

Engraved plate of a crowded 18th-century drawing class above floor plan and section diagrams of the school.

Design School, from Encyclopédie

1763

Engraved plate of fifteen drawing instruments including quill pens, compasses, a pen knife, ink pot, stool and gridded drawin

Design: Instruments, from Encyclopédie

1762/77

Engraved plate of a pantograph drawing instrument with numbered detail figures, a compass, and a scale bar in inches.

Design: Pantograph, from Encyclopédie

1762/77

Engraved plate of an articulated wooden mannequin with ball joints on a circular base, labeled Pl. VI, fig. 1.

Design: Mannequin, from Encyclopédie

1762/77

Engraved plate of nine head studies with construction lines showing facial proportions for drawing oval faces.

Design: Ovals, from Encyclopédie

1762/77

Engraved plate of nine numbered studies of eyes and noses for drawing instruction, with hatched shading and labeled guideline

Design: Facial Anatomy from Encyclopédie

1762/77

Design: Heads, from Encyclopédie

1762/77

Engraved plate with five studies of hands in different poses, one pair resting on a book.

Design: Hands, from Encyclopédie

1762/77

Engraved anatomical plate of legs and feet, with measured foot studies at top and crossed male legs seated on a block below.

Design: Legs and Feet, from Encyclopédie

1762/77

Engraved academic study of a nude male figure seen from behind, arm raised, against a hatched shaded background.

Design: Academic Figure, from Encyclopédie

1762/77

Engraved plate of two nude male figures in a grouped pose on a stone ledge, with lettered reference lines at right.

Design: Grouped Figures, from Encyclopédie

1762/77

Engraved plate of a nude male figure seen from behind, standing with head turned, against a hatched background.

Design: Figure from Encyclopédie

1762/77

Engraved plate with three putti above and a seated child beside an urn and grapes below, labelled Dessein, Enfans.

Design: Children, from Encyclopédie

1762/77

Design: Ages, from Encyclopédie

1762/77

Design: Draped Figures, from Encyclopédie

1762/77

Line engraving of allegorical women and a child with a distant castle, titled Dessein, Pensée ou Croquis.

Design: Sketch, from Encyclopédie

1762/77

Engraved landscape with a leaning tree, a woman with a pitcher by a river, an arched bridge and town buildings.

Design: Landscape Study, from Encyclopédie

1762/77

Engraved plate of the Farnese Hercules showing front, back, and side views with proportion guides, plus head, arm, and pelvis

Design: Proportions of the Farnese Hercules, from Encyclopédie

1762/77

Engraved plate of the Medici Venus in front, back and side views with proportion annotations and detail studies of head, hand

Design: Proportions of the Medici Venus, from Encyclopédie

1762/77

Hand-colored engraving of a man in bed scratching at fleas beside a red curtain and pewter pot.

The Man with Fleas

1756

Hand-colored engraving of a man struggling with a red cloth near two oxen, with classical ruins and a tree behind.

Man and the Snake

1759

Hand-colored engraving of a seated king with a kite on his head, a hunter reaching for it, and soldiers watching.

The King, the Kite, and the Hunter

1759

Blank pale sheet on grey mount with a violet library stamp and handwritten inventory number at centre.

La mort de Turenne

1780

Engraving of an 18th-century academy drawing class with students at easels, plaster casts on the wall, and a nude figure on a

Zeichenkurs in der Akademie

Back of a cream paper sheet with a red National Library stamp and handwritten shelf marks in the center.

[Portret króla Francji Ludwika XV]

1765

Engraving of armored men and mounted troops with banners in a field, above a printed title page for the House of Bourbon.

Jan II van Bourbon tijdens de belegering van Metz

1776

Engraving of armored soldiers battling near a fortress wall, with a wounded man on the ground and printed text below.

Jan I van Bourbon gewond in de Slag bij Azincourt

1772

Engraving of richly dressed courtiers in a columned hall around a draped table, with a printed caption block below.

Lodewijk II van Bourbon omringd door edelen

1772

Engraved print of soldiers and a mounted rider at a camp under a tree, with a fallen figure, above French text about Louis I

Lodewijk I van Bourbon in een legerkamp met paarden en soldaten

1772

William Henry Drayton

1780

Engraved plate with two standing draped women and two female busts in headscarves, in fine hatched line work.

Twee vrouwen in gewaden en twee vrouwenbustes met hoofddoek

1757

Engraved title page with a winged figure, a nude woman and a cherub on clouds, above Paris publication text from 1763.

Smaak houdt Waarheid een spiegel voor

1763

Engraving of allegorical figures of arts and sciences gathered in clouds beneath columns, with a radiant light figure above.

Waarheid schijnt haar licht over Rede, Filosofie en andere personificaties van kunsten en wetenschappen

1751

Engraved interior scene of a king in feathered hat and courtiers, with a kneeling man, above printed text from Histoire de la

Interieur met Hendrik IV te midden van edelen, een man knielt voor hem

1788

Twee zijdes van een medaille met het portret van James Cook

1757

Engraved church interior with a kneeling armored king before nobles and robed clergy, above printed text from a French histor

Kerkinterieur met knielende koning Hendrik IV te midden van edelen en geestelijken

1788

Etched interior scene of men gathered around a table in a tavern, with a standing group at an open door, above French book te

Herberginterieur met mannen in gesprek over de dood van Hendrik IV

1788

Engraving of a standing king gesturing to a man reclining in bed in a richly furnished room, with a French caption below.

Koning Hendrik IV bij een in bed liggende man

1788

Engraved scene of a council around a draped table, with a standing man in period dress addressing seated figures.

Catharina de'Medici en Karel IX

1785

Engraving of a woman in a gown helping a boy into armour, with courtiers watching in a draped hall.

Koning Hendrik IV ontvangt zijn eerste wapenrusting van zijn moeder

1785

Engraving of a horseman with a child on a white horse while kneeling people raise their arms in a landscape.

Bevolking knielt voor edelman met kind op paard

1785

Engraving of mourners around a canopied sickbed in an interior, with a title page for Histoire de la Maison de Bourbon below.

Rouwende edelen rond het sterfbed van Antoine de Bourbon

1785

Engraving of a wounded man carried on a stretcher past soldiers and women beside a fortified wall, with printed title text be

Koning Antoine de Bourbon wordt gewond weggedragen

1782

Silas Deane

1780

George Washington

1780

John Dickinson

1780

Samuel Huntington

1780

Joseph Reed

1780

Henry Laurens

1780

John Jay

1780

Baron von Steuben

1780

Benedict Arnold

1780

Engraving of a seated woman reading a book while a small child holds a torch, labeled DOCTRINE, with a curtain and inkwell.

Doctrine, from the "Almanach iconologique"

ca. 1765-81

Engraved plate showing embroiderers at work in a room, with labeled tools, frames, thread and floral embroidery samples below

Brodeur (Embroiderer), Section 18, Plate 1, Encyclopédie, ou dictionnaire raisonné des sciences, des arts et des méti…

1760