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Plate 12, from "Antique Clocks, 2nd Part" (Pandulle à l'Antique. 2.me Partie)

Artist and engraver Peter Scheemakers III French
before 1765
Not on view
Plate 6 (numbered 12) of a series of six designs for clocks inspired by Antiquity. This design is characterized by the reading woman and the rooster at the top of the design.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Plate 12, from "Antique Clocks, 2nd Part" (Pandulle à l'Antique. 2.me Partie)
  • Series/Portfolio: Antique Clocks, 2nd Part (Pandulle à l'Antique. 2.me Partie)
  • Artist and engraver: Peter Scheemakers III (French, died 1765)
  • Date: before 1765
  • Medium: Engraving
  • Dimensions: Plate: 8 3/4 × 6 in. (22.2 × 15.3 cm)
    Sheet: 9 1/8 × 6 1/4 in. (23.1 × 15.9 cm)
  • Classifications: Prints, Ornament & Architecture
  • Credit Line: The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1954
  • Object Number: 54.512.5(6)
  • Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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