Bound print
1771â1802
Medium
Bound print
Classification
Bound print
Department
Smithsonian Collection
Museum
Smithsonian American Art Museum
Credit
Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council
Accession Number
1921-6-551-108
About this artwork
Research in Progress
Art Historical Context
**Bound Print by Jean-Charles KrafftJean-Charles Krafft1764–1833), a French artist active during the transformative late 18th and early 19th centuries, this *Bound Print* sometime between 1771 and1802. Housed in the Smithsonian American Art Museum's Smithsonian Collection, this work was thoughtfully acquired through the Museum's Advisory Council. As a bound print—a collection of printed images compiled and bound like a book—it reflects the era's growing fascination with printmaking as an accessible medium for sharing art, architecture, and ideas across Europe and beyond. Prints like these wer...