A labourer asks a gentleman for his wages so that he may get drunk; both represented as dwarfs. Coloured etching after M. Engelbrecht, 1715.

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1715
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26492i
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A labourer asks a gentleman for his wages so that he may get drunk; both represented as dwarfs. Coloured etching after M. Engelbrecht, 1715. Wellcome Collection. Public Domain Mark. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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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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