Agriculture Jardinage

Date1762

Publisher Denis Diderot 1713-1784

Publisher Jean le Rond d'Alembert 1717 - 1783

OriginEurope, France, Paris

MediumEtching with line engraving

DimensionsOverall: 15 1/2 × 9 3/4in. (39.4 × 24.8cm)
Other (Plate): 14 × 9in. (35.6 × 22.9cm)

Credit LineMuseum Purchase

Object number1966-220,1

DescriptionUpper right corner reads: "Pl. I."
Lower margin reads: "Agriculture, Jardinage."Label TextA plate from Denis Diderot's Encyclopédie, ou dictionnaire raisonné des sciences, des arts et des métiers" on gardening found in "Recueil de Planches, vol. I" A plate devoted primarily to tools for pruning and cultivating orchards and other groupings of trees. A small design to the left actually shows the very tall tower ladder (similar to watch-towers in forests today) with gardeners and hooks at work.ProvenanceBefore 1966, Thure Krarup (Glen Falls, New York); 1966-present, purchased by the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation (Williamsburg, VA).