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P. Wouvermens pinx. Beaumont Sculp. A Paris, chez Basset, Rue St Jacques No 64 [n.d., c.1815]. Rare etching with engraving. 345 x 450mm (13½ x 17¾") very large margins Slight stain bottom right. Riders watering their horses under a rickety footbridge, with swimmers and washerwomen. Engraved by Pierre François Beaumont and originally published by him in 1738 as part of a set of four scenes after after Philips Wouverman. This example was printed after Paul André Basset moved the family firm to rue Saint Jacques no.64 in 1812.
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