Perruquier Baigneur Etuviste, Bains et details.

Date1771

Edited by Denis Diderot 1713-1784

Engraver Robert Bénard 1734 - 1777

Edited by Jean le Rond d'Alembert 1717 - 1783

OriginEurope, France

MediumBlack and white line engraving

DimensionsOverall: 11 × 8 5/8in. (27.9 × 21.9cm)
Other (Plate): 9 5/8 × 7in. (24.4 × 17.8cm)

Credit LineMuseum Purchase

Object number1954-474

DescriptionUpper right reads: "Pl. 12"
The lower margin reads: "Perruquier Baigneur Etuviste, Bains et details./ Benard direxit."

Print appeared in Denis Diderot's "Encyclopedie, ou dictionnaire raisonne des sciences, des arts et des metiers."Label TextA plate from Denis Diderot's Encyclopédie, ou dictionnaire raisonné des sciences, des arts et des métiers" on wigmaking and barbering found in "Recueil de Planches, vol. VIII. " This plate shows a cross-section of barge shown in 1954-472 & 1954-473 with details of tubs, heater, and other equipment.

One of 14 plates 1954-463 to 1954-476.ProvenanceBefore 1954, the Old Print Shop (New York, NY); 1954-present, purchased by the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation (Williamsburg, VA).