[The Choice] By Pray'r but more by Gold, the Miser Swain / would tempt ye Nymph to Love, but rempts in vain...
P. Mercier Pictor Principis pinx 1739. J. Faber fecit.
Sold by J. Faber at the Golden Head in Bloomsury Square.
Fine mezzotint, 255 x 355mm (10 x 14"), on 18th century watermarked paper. Thread margins.
A young woman pushes away a rich old man who points at coins on the table as a younger man shows off his muscles.
CS 412. Ex: collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 67363] £320.00
Sold by J. Faber at the Golden Head in Bloomsury Square.
Fine mezzotint, 255 x 355mm (10 x 14"), on 18th century watermarked paper. Thread margins.
A young woman pushes away a rich old man who points at coins on the table as a younger man shows off his muscles.
CS 412. Ex: collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 67363] £320.00
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