Blanchisseuse des Indes Occidentales

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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.

  • Printmaker: Ruotte, Louis Charles, 1754-1806, printmaker.
  • Title: Blanchisseuse des Indes Occidentales [graphic] = The West India washer-woman / A. Brunias pinx. ; L. Ruotte direxit.
  • Edition: [State with monogram dividing dedication.].
  • Publication: A Paris : Chez Depeuille, rue St. Denis, la boutique attenant St. Jacques l’Hopital, No. 416 et au Palais Royal, au Pavillon près le bassin, [approximately 1770?]

Catalog Record

770.00.00.190.01

Acquired February 2024

Blanchisseuse des Indes Occidentales

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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 a baby strapped to her back.

  • PrintmakerRuotte, Louis Charles, 1754-1806, printmaker.
  • TitleBlanchisseuse des Indes Occidentales [graphic] = The West India washer-woman / A. Brunias pinxt. ; L. Ruotte direxit.
  • PublishedA Paris : Chez Depeuille, rue St. Denis, la boutique attenant St. Jacques l’Hopital, No. 416 et au Palais Royal, au Pavillon près le bassin, [ca. 1770?]

Catalog Record & Digital Collection

770.00.00.190

Acquired April 2014