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DOS2005-PC-211
Economie Rustique, Culture et Arsonnage du Coton
DOS2005-PC-211

Economie Rustique, Culture et Arsonnage du Coton

Date1763
Publisher Denis Diderot (1713-1784)
Engraver Antonio Baratti
Publisher Jean le Rond d'Alembert (1717 - 1783)
OriginEurope, France, Paris
MediumEtching with line engraving
DimensionsOverall: 16 1/4 × 10 1/2in. (41.3 × 26.7cm) Other: 14 × 8 3/4in. (35.6 × 22.2cm)
Credit LineMuseum Purchase
Object number1966-218,1
DescriptionLower margin reads: "Antonio Baratti s./ Economie Rustique, Culture et Arsonnage du Coton./ 34"
Label TextA plate from Denis Diderot's Encyclopédie, ou dictionnaire raisonné des sciences, des arts et des métiers" on cotton found in "Recueil de Planches, vol. I." The top most plate picture represents a cotton plantation with enslaved workers growing, harvesting and processing cotton. A picker, sorter, bagger, and spinner are shown. In the second picture the dressing of cotton by a bow, a method used Asia. To the very bottom tools used for dressing cotton, and also a botanical drawing of the cotton plant and blossoms.