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[Four Elements] La Terre. [&] L'Air. [&] Le Feu. [&] L'Eau.
[Four Elements] La Terre. [&] L'Air. [&] Le Feu. [&] L'Eau.
N. Lancret Pinxit. C. N. Cochin Sculp [& N. Tardieu, B. Audran & L. des Place].
A Paris Chez la Veuve de F. Chereau graveur du Roy Rüe St Jacques aux deux pilliers d'Or Avec privilege du Roy. [n.d., c.1730.]
Set of four etchings. Each 430 x 335mm (17 x 13¼"), with wide margins. Laid on paper.
Four fêtes galante scenes. In 'Earth' a group of young people gather fruit beside an ornamental fountain. In 'Air' a man stands on a picnic table blowing bubbles, with others build houses of cards and fly a kite. In 'Fire' a group dance around a tall bonfire, accompanied by a piper. In 'Water' a group assist a fisherman with a net.
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Morning.
Morning. This early Visit to the Beauteous Fair, Shews the Good-Man's intent, and Pious care;_ Whose looks confirm it - that he'd rather kiss - The Lady's balmy Lips, than the Tea dish.
Lancret pinx. T. Burford fecit 1741.
[Sold by I. Bowles at the Black Horse in Cornhill London.]
Mezzotint. Plate 254 x 355mm. 10 x 14". Repaired wormholes.
A cleric taking tea with a young woman in morning dress, who sits on a sofa pouring the tea for him, while a maid stands on the left holding a piece of lace ready to help dress her mistress. From a set of the four Times of Day, 1741.
CS: undescribed. BM: 2010,7081.2718.
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