All Resolutions
(P. 93.)
Artist
- Name:
- Morin, Edmond
- Dates:
- 1824-1882
- Country:
- France
Illustration
- Subject:
- Science & technology
- Technique:
- Wood engraving
- Format:
- Landscape (wider)
- Source:
- The Getty Research Institute, The Internet Archive
Book
- Title:
- Les grandes usines, vol. 2
- Author(s):
- Turgan, Julien
- Publisher:
- Paris: Michel Lévy Frères, 1869
- Open Library:
- View record
Description
Two workers at the Arnavon soap factory, Marseille, are seen through a semi-circular arch crushing blocks of soda with shovels. This workshop was known in local usage as the picadou.
The caption reads in the original French: Le picadou. — Atelier où se concasse la soude.
Keywords: 1860s, 19th century, black & white, industrial, working
