Occupation title source |
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Meunier |
Occupation title (english) |
Miller |
Hiscode |
77120 |
Description of Image |
A man wearing a broad-brimmed hat sits on a box in a town square holding a rushbottomed chair on his knees. He is repairing the matting on the chair, as is evident by the two bundles of osiers near his feet. Behind him at the far left is a completed chair. He talks to a standing chair-mender who has tucked a bundle of long osiers under his right arm. Raising his left arm and hand, this second man holds three chairs balanced onto his shoulders and over his head. Behind them at the far right is a structure with a thatched roof; a church is in the back- ground to the left.
Chair frames were p...
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Gender |
Male/Female |
Title of the image |
Moulin à Vent I |
Subtitle |
Agriculture |
Translation (English) |
Windmills |
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. |
Product |
2 |
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