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Title:
Fontenelle
Object name(s):
Prints
Brief description:
Portrait of Bernard Le Bovier de Fontenelle (1657-1757)
Collection:
Aberystwyth University, School of Art Museum & Gallery
Acquisition date:
2019
Acquisition method:
Gift
Dimension:
Width
Dimension value:
67
Dimension:
Height
Dimension value:
100
Inscription content:
(plate, lower centre) Mackenzie sc. / FONTENELLE.
Material:
Engraving on wove paper
Object name:
Prints
Object number:
PR4976
Object production date:
1790
Date - earliest / single:
1790
Date - latest:
1810
Object production person:
Mackenzie
Person's association:
engraver
Person's biographical note:
Engraver
Person's surname:
Mackenzie
Object production place:
UK, England, London?
Owner:
Frederick William Rudler Collection via the care of Adriano Vincentelli
Organisation's association:
Object source
Responsible department/section:
Prints
Text:
From a folder of loose engravings entitled 'University College of Wales, Aberystwyth. Department French Language and Literature. Portraits. From the F. W. Rudler Collection'
Text reason:
Collections online text

Persistent shareable link for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/9d6c7ab8-8e89-3d6f-a038-a8987a07312e

Use licence for this record: CC BY-NC

Attribution for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/9d6c7ab8-8e89-3d6f-a038-a8987a07312e, Aberystwyth University, School of Art Museum & Gallery, CC BY-NC

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