A labourer asks a gentleman for his wages so that he may get drunk; both represented as dwarfs. Coloured etching after M. Engelbrecht, 1715.
- Date:
- 1715
- Reference:
- 26492i
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Ornamental border contains two clothed monkeys
Publication/Creation
1715
Physical description
1 print : etching, with watercolour ; platemark 30.3 x 18.8 cm
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Lettering
Iulius. Juillet. Maitre Ratier Grapignan. Gilles Bonnefoy ...
Lettering continues: "Ha! Maitre Grapignan, epargnez vous les soins,/ Le foin que j'ay livré fait crever tous les coins,/ Il s'agit seulement de me donner a boire./ Ces gens sans charité voyant le desespoir/ Qui nous met aux abois, l'appellent un devoir/ Pendant qu'a nous voler ils s'en font seuls leur gloire. Cum priv. sac. caes. maj."
References note
For further information on the history of this series of prints, see G. Bauer & H. Verfondern, 'Barocke Zwergenkarikaturen von Callot bis Chodowiecki' (Salzburg, 1991)
Reference
Wellcome Collection 26492i
Reproduction note
Originally published in Augsburg in 1715. The French lettering here is added on a separate plate
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