[Le roi et le fermier.] Trio Betisy.
Frussote sculp [after F.M.I. Quéverdo.] [Paris: F.N. Martinet, c.1763.] Etching. 180 x 115mm (7 x 4½"), with large margins. One of six plates illustrating 'Le roi et le fermier', a 1762 opéra-comique in 3 acts by Pierre-Alexandre Monsigny to a libretto by Michel-Jean Sedaine. Here Betsy (mis-engraved as 'Betisy' in the title), her sister Jenny and her mother sing a trio while stitching and spinning.
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