Blanchisseuse des Indes Occidentales The West India washer-woman / [graphic] =

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Title: Blanchisseuse des Indes Occidentales The West India washer-woman / [graphic] =
Alternative Title: West India washer-woman
Creator: Ruotte, Louis Charles, 1754-1806, printmaker
Contributor: Brunias, Agostino, 1730-1796, artist.
Published / Created: [approximately 1770?]
Publication Place: A Paris
Publisher: Chez Depeuille, rue St. Denis, la boutique attenant St. Jacques l'Hopital, No. 416 et au Palais Royal, au Pavillon près le bassin
Abstract: Three West Indian washer women sit or stand in or near a stream. The one on land balances a basket of clean wash on her head and has a baby strapped to her back
Description: Title from caption below image, in French and English.
"This plate is dedicated to Sir John Frederick, Bart. by his most obliged and devoted servt. A. Brunias."--Dedication following title.
Sheet trimmed to plate mark.
Provenance: Grosvenor; April 2014.
Extent: 1 print : image 22.6 x 17.6 cm, on sheet 31.2 x 22.0 cm
Edition: [State with coat of arms dividing dedication.]
Language: French
English

Genre: Stipple engravings France Paris 1770
Material: stipple engraving ; and laid paper.
Resource Type: still image
Subject (Geographic): West Indies.
Subject (Topic): Children
Laundresses
Mothers
Subjects: Children > West Indies
Laundresses > West Indies
Mothers > West Indies
France > Paris > 1770

Access: Public
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