(Polish Peasants) This image depicts Polish peasants, likely in a rural setting, engaging in conversation. The men are dressed in attire appropriate for their social status and the era, with one wearing a simple long coat and trousers, accented with a sash at the waist, which was a common element in traditional Polish peasant dress. The hats worn by both men are also indicative of the regional style. The backdrop, showing a building that could be a barn or storage house, along with the fence and the countryside landscape, situates them firmly in a pastoral context, suggesting their connection to the land and agrarian way of life.
Made by Labrousse after Jacques Grasset de Saint Sauveur.
Medium: Handcoloured line and aquatint etching on hand laid paper.
Sheet size: 20.5 x 26.1 cm (8.07 x 10.28 inch). Image size: 14.7 x 20.5 cm. (5.79 x 8.07 inch).
Condition: good, given age. Paper edges a bit irregular and brownish from binding. . General age-related toning and/or occasional minor defects from handling. Please study scan carefully.
Costumes de Differents Pays ...' by Jacques Grasset de Saint Sauveur, c.1797.
Biography engraver: Labrousse was a late 18th C. French engraver.
Biography artist: Jacques Grasset de Saint-Sauveur (1757-1810) was born as son of a diplomat in Montreal, Canada. He was exposed to varying cultures at an early age.