Jean-Étienne Liotard (1702–1789)
Detail: chair, letter, brocade, necklace, pins
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La liseuse (The Reader) by Jean-Étienne Liotard 1746
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
Categories: 18th Century, Engraving, French
Tags: farm, flax, flax brake, flax hackle, hemp, workmen, workshop
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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
Categories: 18th Century, British, Painting
Tags: bird, dog, fowling gun, hunter, ladies clothing
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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
Categories: 18th Century, British, Painting
Tags: almanac, chair, child, corner cupboard, doctor, food, glass bottle, hogs head (food), medicine bottle, painting (art), pitcher dog, plate, smoking pipe, table, table knife, wall clock, wall pegs, window
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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
Categories: 18th Century, French, Painting
Tags: cow, distaff, landscape, livestock, sheep, shepherdess, woman's clothing
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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
Categories: 18th Century, French, Painting
Tags: basket, blanket worn as cloak, bowl, bracelet, children, dog, necklace, pedler, socks over breeches, tied on sleeves, trinkets
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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
Categories: 18th Century, Engraving, French
Tags: basket, boat, brazier, creel, drag net, fire basket, fisherman, fishing, mud shoes, nets, ocean, spear, wooden shoes
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Vegetables for the Soup by Jean-Siméon Chardin ~1732
Jean-Siméon Chardin (1699-1779)
Detail: pitcher, food, vegetables, cooking spoon, small brass kettle, carrots
Categories: 18th Century, French, Painting
Tags: carrots, cooking spoon, food, pitcher, small brass kettle, vegetables
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