PrintsFrench18th century
The Optical Viewer
c. 1794
Artists
Unidentified ArtistArtist
J. F. CazenaveArtist after
Louis-Léopold BoillyArtist after
Dimensions
Image: 22.3 × 17.9 cm (8 3/4 × 7 1/16 in.) Sheet: 25.5 × 20.2 cm (10 1/16 × 7 15/16 in.)
Provenance
Mrs. William Simes, gift; to Fogg Art Museum, 1938
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