DISCOVERART

A. J. Defehrt

Art of Writing, from Encyclopédie

1760
Engraving, with etching, on cream laid paper
40 × 26 cm (15.7 × 10.2 in)

SEE IT IN PERSON

Not currently on view

In the collection of Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago · as of July 2026

View at artic.edu ↗Plan a visit ↗

Discussion

Be the first to share your thoughts.

Sign in to join the discussion.

Community guidelines

More by A. J. Defehrt

Drawing: Expressions of Emotion (Hate or Jealousy, Anger, Desire, Physical Pain), from EncyclopédieDrawing: Expressions of Emotion (Hate or Jealousy, Anger, DeDrawing: Expressions of Emotion (Laughter, Weeping, Compassion, Sadness), from EncyclopédieDrawing: Expressions of Emotion (Laughter, Weeping, CompassiDesign: Study, from EncyclopédieDesign: Study, from EncyclopédieDrawing: Expressions of Emotion (Wonder, Love, Veneration, Rapture), from EncyclopédieDrawing: Expressions of Emotion (Wonder, Love, Veneration, RDesign: Academic Figure, from EncyclopédieDesign: Academic Figure, from EncyclopédieDesign: Academic Figure, from EncyclopédieDesign: Academic Figure, from EncyclopédieCopperplate Engraving, from EncyclopédieCopperplate Engraving, from EncyclopédieDesign: Academic Figure, from EncyclopédieDesign: Academic Figure, from Encyclopédie

More like this

Art of Writing, from EncyclopédieBenoît-Louis Prévost — Art of Writing, from EncyclopédieCard-Maker, from EncyclopédieBenoît-Louis Prévost — Card-Maker, from EncyclopédieThe Occupation, from Monument du Costume Physique et Moral de la fin du Dix-huitième siècleCharles Louis Lingée — The Occupation, from Monument du CostThe Story that Stops Time (L'Histoire qui arrête le temps)Charles Nicolas Cochin I|Charles Antoine Coypel — The Story Plate Two, from A New Book of OrnamentsSimon Gribelin, II — Plate Two, from A New Book of OrnamentsStrokes and Positions of the Pen, from EncyclopédieAubin — Strokes and Positions of the Pen, from EncyclopédieDesign: Instruments, from EncyclopédieBenoît-Louis Prévost — Design: Instruments, from EncyclopédiDesigns for LocksmithsJean Bérain, I — Designs for LocksmithsThe Bath, from Monument du Costume Physique et Moral de la fin du Dix-huitième siècleAntoine Louis Romanet — The Bath, from Monument du Costume PGem Engraving, from EncyclopédieBenoît-Louis Prévost — Gem Engraving, from EncyclopédieArt of Writing, from EncyclopédieAubin — Art of Writing, from EncyclopédieFrontispiece from "La Vie des Peintres"Jacques Philippe Le Bas|J. B. Descamps — Frontispiece from "