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Engraving. Courtesy of Dr Robert A. Hatch, who owns the original engraving from which this image is derived.
artist: engraving by GL Thibault (or Thibault, Jean Thomas (1757-1826)?), 
        drawing by Massard.
size:   sheet ca. 20x35 cm; image ca. 19.5x33cm 
date:   late 18th - early 19th century
the sheet has additional text
        Fondation de l’Observatoire (1667)
        Colbert présente au roi les members de l’Académie des Sciences
        [Centered, immediately under engraving] 
        Peint par Ch. Lebrun 
        [far left immediately under engraving]