Occupation title source   Planteur de coton
Occupation title (english) Cotton Grower
Hiscode 62240
Description of Image Two bricklayers are working together. The one at the right, wearing a tall, wide- brimmed hat, is laying bricks for a wall. A wooden fraine has been left for the window. He holds a trowel in his right hand and sets the brick in place with his left. There is a small tub of mortar on the ground by his right foot. The man on the left, wearing a soft cap, walks towards the bricklayer carrying a wooden hod filled with mortar on his right shoulder. Behind him is a pile of sand with rake and shovel he has used to mix the mortar. The heaviness of the hod-carrier's load is indicated by the position of ...
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Gender Male
Title of the image Culture et Arsonnage du Coton
Subtitle Oeconomie rustique
Translation (English) Cotton
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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