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The artist, title and date of the work must be listed anywhere the image is reproduced:
Jean-Baptiste Michel (engraver)
George Farington (draughtsman)
Adriaen van Ostade (after)
Boors drinking 1779
engraving
31.2 × 23.8 cm (image) 34.5 × 23.8 cm (image and text) 36.2 × 26.9 cm (plate and sheet)
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Felton Bequest, 1939
Photo: National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
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Boors drinking
1779
Medium
engraving
Measurements
31.2 × 23.8 cm (image) 34.5 × 23.8 cm (image and text) 36.2 × 26.9 cm (plate and sheet)
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Felton Bequest, 1939
Gallery location
Not on display
Artwork Details
Printing/Publishing
published by John Boydell, Cheapside, London, 1779
Inscription
printed in ink l.l.: Ostade Pinxit. / G. Farrington delint. (t in superscript over . )
printed in ink l.c.: BOOR DRINKING (text separatefd by heraldic shileld with two deer and motto FARI QVÆ SENTIAT)
printed in ink l.c.l.: Picture the same size as the print.
printed in ink l.c.-l.r.: Published May 1st (st in superscript over . ) 1779 by Jno (o in superscript over . ) Boydell Engraver, in Cheapside London
printed in ink l.r.: J. B. Michel Sculpsit.
Accession Number
805.1-4
Departments
International Prints / International Prints and Drawings
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