Occupation title source |
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Planteur de tabac |
Occupation title (english) |
Tobacco Grower |
Hiscode |
62290 |
Description of Image |
Two men inside a stonecutter's workshop fashion gravestones and sarcophagus covers. One sits on a bench straddling the stone he is cutting. He raises a heavy mallet over his head, preparing to strike it down on the blunt end of a chisel he holds against the stone. Chips of stone are near his feet. Behind him, a young bareheaded man stands erect, cutting into a huge block of stone with a heavy mallet and a chisel. A square and another mallet hang on nails in the wall in the background on the right. On the left, a sculpted head hangs from a rope to a nail. Light enters the shop through a large w...
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Gender |
Male |
Title of the image |
Fabrique du Tabac IV |
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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