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.
Imperfect; sheet trimmed within plate mark on lower edge, resulting in loss of imprint statement.
Printed on laid paper; hand-colored.
Provenance: Editio Altera Rare Books & Manuscripts; February 2024.
Extent: 1 print : sheet 28 x 20 cm
Extent of Digitization: This object has been completely digitized.
Edition: [State with monogram dividing dedication.].
Language: French
English