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[Four young men and women playing 'pied-de-boeuf']

[Four young men and women playing 'pied-de-boeuf']Sir Turcis Occupé d'une aymable présence / Au pied de boeuf se voit surpris [...]

Dessiné par B. Picart 1709
a Paris chez Picart le Romain rue S. Jacques au buste de Monseig. C.P.R.
Engraving, platemark 205 x 305mm (8 x 12") very large margins.
Group of figures playing, with a boy crouched apart from them. 'Pied-de-boeuf' was originally a children's game, in which the players put their hands one on top of another, counting upwards from one; whoever had nine seized a hand not on the pile, saying 'Je tiens mon pied de boeuf' ('I've got my leg of beef!') By Bernard Picart (1673-1733), draughtsman and engraver whose work consisted mostly of drawing and engraving for book publication.
[Ref: 40286]  £180.00


 

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