
4 0 c m
32cm
actual image size: 24cm x 32cm
Description
Engraving by Poison after a painting by Pierre Sonnerat (1748-1814), showing a carpenter chiselling a piece of wood. On the right is a drill worked by a bow. Illustration from Sonnerat's 'Voyage aux Indes Orientales et a la Chine, fait par ordre du roi, depuis 1774 jusqu'en 1781' ('Voyage to the East Indies and China, made by order of the king, from 1774 to 1781'), published in 1782.
Image Details
Image Ref.
10419126
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