Agriculture, Jadinage
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 × 8 3/4in. (35.6 × 22.2cm)
Other (Plate): 14 × 8 3/4in. (35.6 × 22.2cm)
Credit LineMuseum Purchase
Object number1966-220,3
DescriptionUpper right corner reads: "Pl. VII."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 continuation of implements used in gardening. This plate shows things probably used for grafting and also for irrigation.ProvenanceBefore 1966, Thure Krarup (Glen Falls, New York); 1966-present, purchased by the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation (Williamsburg, VA).
