Marine Nautical Etching, antique copperplate engraving on paper from Diderot and d’Alembert’s Encyclopédie, Paris, 1772 by Benard after Belin and Gaussier drawings.

The plate shows an 18th century French ship, a galley with oars called Reale. Marine, dessein d’une galere a la Rame nommee la Reale. Ship-Galley-Sailing Vessel-Cross Section-Diderot-Benard.

Antique etching ngraved by Robert Bénard (1734, Paris – 1777) mainly famous for having supplied 1,800 plates circa to the Encyclopédie by Diderot & d’Alembert from 1751.

Later hand-watercolor decoration and  set within a passe-partout and modern blue faux-marble painted frames, this antique work is in good age related condition, general age-related toning, wear consistent with an history of 250 years.

Size (in cm): The overall size is ca. 68 x 38 cm. Frames measure 101 x 69 cm.