French
Girl with a Tray by Philip Mercier 1750
Philip Mercier (1689-1760) Is it a coffee pot? Detail: Tray, flowered cup, coffee pot, ladies gown, cloth cap, serving girl
School for Girls by Philip Mercier
Philip Mercier (circa 1689-1760) Detail: school, school master, neck cloth, book, ink, inkwell, quill, students, floral hat, gown, hair, chair, table
The Peddler by Louis Joseph Watteau 1779
Louis Joseph Watteau (1731-1789) Detail: farm house, laundry, well, well bucket, farmer, farm wife, peddler, walking stick, stockings, mirror tricorn hat, jug, washtub, plate
“Le Gout du Jour #2” or Battledore & Shuttlecock, published by Aaron Martinett, 1802
Detail: Empire Dress, table, chair, wide brim hat, basket, bottle, goblet, house, sports, whip, walking stick, racket, shuttlecock, couples, gloves, picnic
Fishmongers by Jean Baptiste Charpentier
Jean Baptiste Charpentier (1728-1806) from Museum of Fine Arts, Buenos Aires Detail: fish, lobsters, dog, market, wooden tubs, basket, children, children’s clothing, women’s clothing
A Kitchen Maid by Hugues Taraval 1783
Hugues Taraval (1729-1785) Details: maid, chair, foot warmer, scissors, pin cushion, spindle, flax, pinner apron, striped petticoat, striped shortgown, striped neck kerchief, ladies cloth cap
Hornworking by Jacques-Raymond Lucotte 1771
From Diderot’s Encyclopedia by Jacques-Raymond Lucotte Detail: workshop, workmen, horn, hearth, iron pot, basket, chair, table, vice, cleaver, window, door, stump, clamp
Portrait of Charles d’Aucourt de Saint-Just by Louis-Léopold Boilly 1800
Louis-Léopold Boilly (1761–1845) Detail: bridge, fascine knife, brush knife, boots, breeches, tail coat, cravat, buck saw, chair, hammer, tools, top hat