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Plate 5, from "Six Greek Tables & Clocks" (Six Tables Grecques & Pendules)

Artist and engraver Juste Nathan Boucher French
ca. 1755–67
Not on view
Plate 5 from a series of six designs for tables and clocks. This design shows a clock characterized by a central column and two tapered columns on each side. Leaning on the central column are two standing female figures each holding the end of a garland held by the other.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Plate 5, from "Six Greek Tables & Clocks" (Six Tables Grecques & Pendules)
  • Series/Portfolio: Six Greek Tables & Clocks (Six Tables Grecques & Pendules)
  • Artist and engraver: Juste Nathan Boucher (French 1736–1782)
  • Publisher: Marguerite Caillou Chéreau (French, active Paris, 1714–57)
  • Date: ca. 1755–67
  • Medium: Engraving
  • Dimensions: Plate: 6 1/2 × 4 in. (16.5 × 10.2 cm)
    Sheet: 8 7/16 × 5 3/8 in. (21.4 × 13.6 cm)
  • Classifications: Prints, Ornament & Architecture
  • Credit Line: The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1954
  • Object Number: 54.512.3(5)
  • Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints
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