Occupation title source   Jardinier
Occupation title (english) Gardener
Hiscode 61270
Description of Image In front of ruined brickwork, a man with a yoke lowered diagonally across his back, has placed wicker baskets of large cabbages and carrots on the ground, so two women can examine the vegetables. He holds a large bunch of carrots upright in his left hand, encouraging his customers to look carefully at the vegetables. The woman in the right foreground wearing an apron over her skirt is bent down, with one knee folded under her. She is almost stepping out of her mules, so that she can get a good, close look at the vegetables, including the bunch of carrots in the peddler's hand. The second custo...
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Gender Male/Female
Title of the image Jardin potager
Subtitle Agriculture
Translation (English) Gardening
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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