PrintsFrench19th century

Value of the Assignat and other Paper Currency

1804

Artists

J. BenizyArtist

Classification

Prints

Technique

Etching

Medium

Etching on cream wove paper

Culture

French

Century

19th century

Division

European and American Art

Department

Department of Prints

Dimensions

image: 24 × 35.5 cm (9 7/16 × 14 in.) plate: 28.1 × 39 cm (11 1/16 × 15 3/8 in.) sheet: 33.2 × 49 cm (13 1/16 × 19 5/16 in.)

Provenance

[Joel R. Bergquist Fine Arts, Stanford, CA] sold; to Harvard Art Museums, 2013

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