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A Man of Middle Age and his Two Mistresses. Just turn'd upon Grey, an unmortify'd Dunce / Address'd an old Widow, and young one at once [...]
E. Jeaurat Pinx. J. Sympson Fecit.
London Printed for John Ryal & Rob.t Witby, at Hogarth Head, Fleet Street [c.1740]
Mezzotint, sheet 255 x 190mm (10 x 7½"). Cut; damaged. Very scarce.
English copy, in reverse, of a French print by Michel Aubert after Sébastien Leclerc, 'L'homme entre deux âges et ses deux maîtresses'. Contrary to the text on this print, Edmé Jeaurat was the publisher of that print rather than the artist. The French print notes that the scene illustrates one of La Fontaine's fables (although the fable can be traced back to Aesop).
[Ref: 44197] £380.00
Le Fiacre. Pour voiturer une poulette Hors de Paris & cetera Il faut Monsieur double recette Le tarif est à l’Opera.
Jeaurat pinx, 1748. Pasquier sculp.
A Paris chés Jeaurat, au bas de la rue des Fossés St. Victor A.P.D.R. [n.d. c.1760.]
Very fine engraving with large margins, scarce. Plate 380 x 271mm (15 x 10¾"). Mint.
A coach driver with his hand outstretched requesting his fee from a nobleman. From the Oettingen-Wallerstein Collection.
[Ref: 28408] £260.00
(£312.00 incl.VAT)
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