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Etienne Claude Voysard  (1746–1812)  wikidata:Q3059325
 
Description French engraver
Date of birth/death 1746 Edit this at Wikidata 1812 Edit this at Wikidata
Location of birth/death Paris Paris
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artist QS:P170,Q3059325
After Claude Louis Desrais  (1746–1816)  wikidata:Q2976766
 
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C. L. Desrais
Description French illustrator
Date of birth/death 1746 Edit this at Wikidata 25 February 1816 Edit this at Wikidata
Location of birth/death Paris Paris
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Français : L'Homme de la Nature, est un foible animal. Mais la philosophie, aux dieux le rend égal.
English: The Man of Nature is a weak animal. But philosophy, to the gods, makes it equal.
Men and women with telescopes, gyroscopes, a hot-air balloon
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Men and women with telescopes, gyroscopes, a hot-air balloon and battle ships. Engraving by E. Voysard after C.L. Desrais.

Allegory made during the period of the French revolution illustrating the benefits to mankind of technical and scientific discoverie. Reference

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