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Truth discovering to Time, Science instructing her Children in the Improvements on the Microscope

After Thomas Spence Duché American
Publisher George Adams British
July 1, 1787
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  • Title: Truth discovering to Time, Science instructing her Children in the Improvements on the Microscope
  • Engraver: Anonymous, British, 18th century
  • Artist: After Thomas Spence Duché (American, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 1763–1790 London)
  • Publisher: George Adams (British, active 1780s)
  • Date: July 1, 1787
  • Medium: Mezzotint
  • Dimensions: Plate: 10 7/16 × 8 9/16 in. (26.5 × 21.7 cm)
    Sheet: 11 3/16 × 8 9/16 in. (28.4 × 21.7 cm)
  • Classification: Prints
  • Credit Line: Gift of W. Roberts, 1918
  • Object Number: 18.73
  • Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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