Perruquier Baigneur Etuviste, Appartement de Bains.
Date1771
Edited by
Denis Diderot
(1713-1784)
Edited by
Jean le Rond d'Alembert
(1717 - 1783)
Engraver
Robert Bénard
(1734 - 1777)
OriginEurope, France
MediumBlack and white line engraving
DimensionsOverall: 11 × 8 5/8in. (27.9 × 21.9cm)
Other: 9 5/8 × 7 1/8in. (24.4 × 18.1cm)
Credit LineMuseum Purchase
Object number1954-471
DescriptionUpper margin reads: "Pl. 9."The lower margin reads: "Perruquier Baigneur Etuviste, Appartement de Bains./ Benard direxit."
Label TextA plate from Denis Diderot's Encyclopédie, ou dictionnaire raisonné des sciences, des arts et des métiers" on wigmaking found in "Recueil de Planches, vol. VIII." The interior elevation, section, and plan for an establishment for hot baths is shown.
One of 14 plates 1954-463 to 1954-476.
