Occupation title source   Militaire
Occupation title (english) Military
Hiscode 58300
Description of Image In a rural village lane, an altercation has taken place between two fishwives. The younger curly-haired woman, with a kerchief loosely knotted around her neck, is walking away from an older woman sprawled on the ground. The young woman holds large, flat, wicker baskets of fish under each arm, balancing the baskets on her hips. She has turned her head to the right to look at, and speak with, the older woman. The woman on the ground had a yoke around her neck which has slipped askew behind her back. She props herself up with her left arm and elbow. Her baskets are on the ground near her knees. S...
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Gender Male
Title of the image Exercice I
Subtitle Art Militaire
Translation (English) Drill & Maneuver
Language source French
Country source France
Date of creation 1763-1777
Medium Plate
Collection name Diderot
Provenance D. Diderot & J. Le Rond d`Alembert eds, Encyclopédie méthodique. Paris 1763-1777 & 1783-87.
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