[Frontispiece for Voyage en Sibérie] / JB Le Prince 1767. [1767].

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[Frontispiece for Voyage en Sibérie] / JB Le Prince 1767. [1767].

A female figure in the guise of Uranus, representing the French Academy of Sciences, informs King Louis XV of the passage of Venus across the Sun. Representatives of the Arts and the peoples of Russia.

1 drawing: pen and ink, grey wash ; sheet 41 x 34 cm. matted to 61 x 46 cm.

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SNAC Resource ID: 6836537

Rosenbach Museum & Library

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Le Prince, Jean-Baptiste, 1734-1781

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