Occupation title source   Militaire
Occupation title (english) Military
Hiscode 58300
Description of Image Two men dressed in mourning attire are walking and talking together in a square, while behind them in the background pallbearers carry a draped coffin. A church steeple is seen in the background at the left. The men wear especially tall, broad-brimmed hats trimmed with long mourning scarves and bows. The tails of the scarves stretch down behind them to the middle of their backs. They wear long cloaks, fastened with many buttons, over their clothing; each has a square-shaped collar. The mourner to the right carries a paper in his hand with the words "ter begrafen is" written on it. The mourner ...
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Gender Male
Title of the image Exercice IV
Subtitle Art Militaire
Translation (English) Drill & Maneuver
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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