Two dwarfs with hunting gear; representing the easy life of game hunting. Coloured etching by M. Engelbrecht, after 1715.

1715

1 print : etching, with watercolour ; platemark 30.3 x 18.8 cm

November. Novembre. Henry Cornaufront, le gentilhomē. Blaise Courtforet, le chasseur ... Lettering continues: "Les braves campagnards quittent tous leurs quartiers, / Pour chasser dans le bois, lievres, chevreuils, sangliers, / Le gibier attrapé, sans facon on l'appréte, / Pendant que leurs moitiés parmi des favoris / Ecoutent le concert. Tremblez, pauvres maris! / Les cors de chasse font souvent ceux de la tete. Cum priv. sac. caes. maj.

For further information on the history of this series of prints, see G. Bauer & H. Verfondern, 'Barocke Zwergenkarikaturen von Callot bis Chodowiecki' (Salzburg, 1991)

Wellcome Collection 26494i

Originally published in Augsburg in 1715. The French lettering here is added on a separate plate