Occupation title source |
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Planteur de tabac |
Occupation title (english) |
Tobacco Grower |
Hiscode |
62290 |
Description of Image |
In a classroom, a bearded schoolmaster, wearing a cap, sits in a chair behind a table with a lectern. The teacher leans forward to hear a young boy recite his lesson. The boy stands at the teacher's desk pointing to words in a book. The schoolmaster clenches a switch of birch rods in his right hand, clearly intimidating the young student. To the left, three other students are seated. One reads a book and watches the exchange between the teacher and student; a second has turned to talk to a student behind him. The wooden writing boxes and leather sheaths for quill pens hang on the wall behind t...
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Gender |
Male |
Title of the image |
Fabrique du Tabac II |
Subtitle |
Oeconomie rustique |
Translation (English) |
Tobacco |
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 |
2,1 |
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