Occupation title source   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.
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