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1666 Francis Barlow (1626?-1702), Mercury and the Carpenter, folio, fable, master engraving

1666 Francis Barlow (1626?-1702), Mercury and the Carpenter, folio, fable, master engraving

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Francis Barlow was an English painter, etcher, and illustrator. He ranks among the most prolific book-illustrators and printmakers of the 17th century, working across several genres: natural history, hunting and recreation, politics, and decoration and design.

31.4 x 20.7


Published in London, 1666.


Based on Aesop’s fable: “A workman lost an axe. Mercury recovered a gold and silver axe which the workman refused. Mercury then recovered the real axe and gave him the others.”


Condition: 
Very good condition.

Wenceslaus Hollar (Bohemian, Prague 1607–1677 London) 24.8 x 17.5 cm. Trimmed to outer boader. Published for a series of etchings published to illustrate Ogilby's Fables. It comes from from one of the finest illustrated books of the 17th-century, and this series represents the best of Hollar's work as an illustrator. A nightingale gets caught by a hawk and pleas for life because he is such a small bit of a meal. Too bad. Yum, yum. A bird caught is better than more uncaught. Wenceslaus Hollar was a prolific and accomplished Bohemian graphic artist of the 17th century, who spent much of his life in England. He is known to German speakers as Wenzel Hollar; and to Czech speakers as Václav Hollar Czech. He is particularly noted for his engravings and etchings
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