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Robert Bénard

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Robert Bénard (1731-1794) was a printmaker, illustrator and copper engraver. Read more

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Engraved technical plate showing views of an etching machine with gears, levers, a cylinder, and a plate bed.

Etching, "Balotter" Machine, from Encyclopédie

1762/77

Engraving of an Auvergne cheese workshop with workers at a cauldron, plus diagrams of vats, a strainer and a press.

Fromage d'Auvergne

1768

Engraving of Mount Vesuvius erupting over a bay, with fishermen, barrels and a sailboat in the foreground.

[Histoire Naturelle, Volcans, Vue Généralle du Vesuve, en 1757]

1768

Engraved plate showing farriers shoeing horses in a workshop, with a detailed numbered drawing of a shoeing frame below.

Marechal ferrant et opérant : travail

1769

Engraved plate of a cheese-making workshop with a cauldron, workers, hanging cheeses, and labeled tool illustrations below.

Fromage de Gruieres et de Gerardmer

1768

Engraved plate of an Anjou slate quarry with workers and ladder above, and diagrams of slate tools and roofing below.

Minéralogie, ardoises d'Anjou : Travail de l'àrdoise hors de la Carrierre

1768

Engraving of a leather workshop with workers scraping hides, above labeled tools including shears, scrapers and a trestle.

Chamoiseur et Megissier

1763

Engraved plate showing button and passementerie workshops with workers at tables and labeled tools and stools below.

Boutonnier Passementier

1763

Engraved plate showing workers processing hemp in a workshop, with tools and numbered diagrams of hackling combs below.

Oeconomie rustique : culture et travail du chanvre

1762

Engraved plate of 1772 showing glassmaking workers at wooden tubs, women breaking clay pots, and labeled tools.

Verrerie en bois : l'opération de briser les vieux pots, de le piler et tamiser pour les mêler avec la terre glaise e…

1772

Engraved plate of a metallurgical workshop with furnaces, workers, and labeled crucibles and tools.

Minéralogie et Métallurgie : or, calcinage et fonte

1768

Engraved plate showing a card-making workshop with workers, a printing press, playing card designs, and tools.

Cartier

1763

Engraved plate of a forge with workers at a wooden machine beside a furnace, with technical diagrams below.

Marine, forge des ancres : machine pour radouber les ancres dans les ports

1769

Engraved plate of an 18th-century printing workshop with workers at a press, plus a technical diagram of the press and page l

Imprimerie : l'operation d'imprimer et plan de la presse

1769

Engraving of a foundry worker drying a cannon mold over a fire, with technical diagrams of molds below.

Fonte des canons : l'opération de secher les moules, plan de l'échéno &c

1767

Engraved plate of a workshop with craftsmen at work above, and numbered tool and equipment illustrations below.

Artificier

1762

Engraved workshop interior with men working at tables, a stove, framed prints on the wall, and tall windows.

[Drzeworytnia]

1800

Engraved plate showing the stern views of a first-rank warship and a royal galley above the waterline.

Achterzijden van schepen

1769

Engraving of glassworkers removing a red-hot pot from a furnace, with plan and section diagrams of the kiln below.

Verrerie en bois : l'opération de recevoir le pot rouge sortant de la carcaise : plan et coupe de la carcaise ou four…

1772

Engraving of an 18th-century printing workshop with two workers, a large tub and printing tools, plus detailed tool diagrams

Imprimerie : tremperie et lavage des formes

1769

Engraved plate of a bookbinding workshop with craftsmen at work above and numbered tool diagrams below.

Werkplaats van een boekbinder

1751

Engraved anatomical plate of a standing human skeleton in a landscape, with numbered bone labels and the word Anatomie below.

Anatomische voorstelling van de mens

1744

Two etched views of Roman ruins, a triumphal arch with figures in a landscape above and a damaged arch among rubble below.

Landschappen met ruïnes

1777

Engraved print of a workshop with craftsmen at benches above, and labeled diagrams of tools and a workbench below.

Werkplaats van een timmerman met verklarende tekening

1771

Engraved plate of a printing workshop interior with workers at presses and technical diagrams of the printing process.

Verklarende tekening van het interieur van een drukkerij

1769

Robert Bénard (1731-1794) was a printmaker, illustrator and copper engraver. Robert Bénard was born in Rosny-sous-Bois and died in Paris. Browse 25 works by Robert Bénard from 3 museums, free to download in HD. Source: Wikidata