Instruments of education (woodwork etc.); and eight episodes related to Rousseau's Emile in vignettes on the wall. Engraving by Giraud le Jeune after C.P. Marillier, 1788/1793.

  • Marillier, Clément Pierre, 1740-1808.
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[1788/1793]
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568204i
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Instruments of education (woodwork etc.); and eight episodes related to Rousseau's Emile in vignettes on the wall. Engraving by Giraud le Jeune after C.P. Marillier, 1788/1793. Wellcome Collection. Public Domain Mark. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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The woodwork instruments refer to Rousseau's attribution of high value to carpentry in education, after agriculture and metalwork. The vignettes include Robinson Crusoe on his island

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[Paris] : [Poinçot], [1788/1793]

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1 print : engraving ; image 13.1 x 8.4 cm

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Emile ou de l'éducation tome II ... C.P. Marillier del. ; Giraud le jeune sculp.

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Michèle Hébert, Edmond Pognon, Yves Bruand, and Yves Sjöberg, Inventaire du fonds français, graveurs du XVIIIe siècle, Bibliothèque nationale, Département des estampes, tome X, Paris 1968, p. 309 no. 33 ("33. Vol. XI. Frontispice : 'Emile ou de l'Éducation. Tome II.' Un atelier sur les murs duquel sont disposés cinq médaillons et trois cadres avec des scènes de l'Emile. Sur une banderole, au centre de la gravure: "Et quand ç'eut été George il ne faloit pas frapper si fort." Sous le tr. c. : "C. P. Marillier, del. — Giraud, le jeune sculp." H. 0m 130 x L. 0m 085")

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Wellcome Collection 568204i

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