Monthly Archives: May 2013
Metal Gilder – Diderot’s Encyclopedia 1763
Diderot’s Encyclopedia Detail: brush, scrubber, files, scrapers, bottle, knife, brazier, sponge, sword hilt, bench, tub, workmen, workshop, vice, hearth, bellows, chair, basin
Processing Hemp or Linen Plate 1 – Diderot Encyclopedia 1762
Diderot Encyclopedia Detail: farm, workshop, workmen, flax, hemp, flax brake, flax hackle
George Rogers and His Wife, Margaret, and His Sister, Margaret Rogers by Francis Hayman 1750
Francis Hayman ( 1708 – 1776 ) Detail: Ladies’ Clothing, bird, fowling gun, dog, hunter
Agricultural Labor Plate 1 from Diderot’s Encyclopedia 1762
Diderot and D’Alembert Detail: farm, field, farmers, workers, horses, plow, roller, harrow, seeds, windmill
Marriage a la Mode 6 – The Lady’s Death by William Hogarth 1743
William Hogarth (1697 – 1764) Detail: chair, pitcher dog, table, medicine bottle, doctor, child, plate, table knife, hogs head (food), food, window, smoking pipe, wall pegs, wall clock, painting (art), corner cupboard, glass bottle, almanac
Landscape with Cows, Sheep and Shepherdess by Jean-Étienne Liotard 1761
Jean-Étienne Liotard (1702-1789) Detail: livestock, cow, sheep, distaff, shepherdess, woman’s clothing
La Geste Napolitain by Jean Baptiste Greuze 1757
Jean Baptiste Greuze (French 1725-1805) Detail: dog, children, basket, bowl, pedler, necklace, bracelet, trinkets, blanket worn as cloak, tied on sleeves, socks over breeches
Fishing Plate 16 – Diderot’s Encyclopedia 1771
Diderot’s Encyclopedia Detail: fishing, nets, basket, fisherman, brazier, fire basket, spear, boat, drag net, mud shoes, creel, ocean, wooden shoes
Vegetables for the Soup by Jean-Siméon Chardin ~1732
Jean-Siméon Chardin (1699-1779) Detail: pitcher, food, vegetables, cooking spoon, small brass kettle, carrots