Le Jeune Eplucheur. Cette ampoule me done a comprendre; Que celui qui trop haut est monté,...
peint par P. Mieris. Grave par G. Bodeneer. [n.d., c.1700s.] Printed for Carington Bowles in St Pauls Church Yard, London. Fine & rare mezzotint, 18th century watermark. Plate 120 x 165mm (4¾ x 6½"), very large margins. A young boy shown three-quarters length blowing bubbles, turned to right and looking back to left; after Mieris. Inscription with the title and four lines of verse written in French on the left and German on the right. A rare example of a continental image published in London.
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