Composite heads: a fruiterer, a tailor, an armourer and a fisherman made of their respective instruments. Coloured aquatint, ca. 1800.

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Composite heads: a fruiterer, a tailor, an armourer and a fisherman made of their respective instruments. Coloured aquatint, ca. 1800. Wellcome Collection. Public Domain Mark. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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Description

Arcimboldesques. Baskets with fruit represent the fruiterer. Part of a jacket, scissors and a cloth bundle represent the tailor. A helmet, breastplate and sword represent the armourer. A fishing rod, basket, tin of bait and a fish represent the fisherman

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London (41 Piccadilly) : S.W. Fores

Physical description

1 print : aquatint, with watercolour ; platemark ca. 34.7 x 25.4 cm

Lettering

Hieroglyphics.

Reference

Wellcome Collection 31071i

Contents

Fruiterer - La fruitière. Tailor - Le tailleur. Armourer - L'armurier. Fisherman - Le pêcheur.

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