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The Optical Viewer

c. 1794

Frédéric Cazenave

(French, active 1793–1843)

after Louis Léopold Boilly

(French, 1761–1845)
France, 19th century
etching and engraving hand colored with watercolor
Overall: 65 x 47.2 cm (25 9/16 x 18 9/16 in.)
Gift of Leonard C. Hanna Jr., for the Coralie Walker Hanna Memorial Collection 1939.171
Catalogue raisonné: Por.&Ber. I (part I) p. 346
Location: Not on view
  • Milliken, William. "The Coralie Walker Hanna Memorial Collection Gift of Leonard C Hanna." The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 26, no. 6 (June 1939): 84-115 Mentioned: p. 112 www.jstor.org
  • Rococo, Revolution, Restoration. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (July 11-September 24, 1989).
    Printing in Color. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (September 10-November 17, 1985).
  • {{cite web|title=The Optical Viewer|url=false|author=Frédéric Cazenave, Louis Léopold Boilly|year=c. 1794|access-date=20 December 2025|publisher=Cleveland Museum of Art}}

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