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Defehrt, A.-J., 1723-1774.

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  • The Apollo Belvedere seen from the front and in three quarter view; a boy holding a water vessel; one of the sons of Laocoön battling with a serpent. Engraving by A.J. Defehrt after G. Audran.
  • Surgery: instruments to perform a mastectomy. Engraving with etching by A.J. Defehrt after L.-J. Goussier.
  • Four faces expressing (clockwise from top left): hatred or jealousy, anger, acute pain and desire. Etching by A-J. de Fehrt after C. Le Brun.
  • Chemistry: various interconnected vessels. Engraving by A.J. Defehrt after L.J. Goussier.
  • The interior of an engraver's workshop with diagrams of engraving tools below. Engraving by Defehrt.

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    Cabinet-making: floor marquetry (top), and wall panels (below). Engraving by A.J. Defehrt after Lucotte.

    Lucotte, Jacques-Raymond, approximately 1733-1804. | Reference: 41293i
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    Enamelling: an enameller working at his lamp, operating bellows with his foot (top), equipment (below). Engraving by Defehrt after L.J. Goussier.

    Goussier, Louis-Jacques, 1722-1799. | Reference: 43144i
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    Techniques for engraving maps (top), and musical notation (below): tools shown between. Engraving by Defehrt (maps) and Madame de Lusse (music).

    | Reference: 40512i
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    Clocks: a chronometer mechanism for striking the hours. Engraving by Defehrt after L.J. Goussier.

    Goussier, Louis-Jacques, 1722-1799. | Reference: 40772i
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    A diamond cutters' wheel in use (top), and a plan and perspective of the wheel with various components (below). Etching by Defehrt after L.J. Goussier.

    Goussier, Louis-Jacques, 1722-1799. | Date: [between 1700 and 1799] | Reference: 35929i

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