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1760-1770
GUSN-174104
Framed mezzotint "Pride", in original frame. "Printed for John Bowles at the Black Horse in Cornhill"
mezzotint (process)
prints (visual works)
printing (process)
engraving (action)
mezzotint (process)
Print
"Coyse pinxit" "McArdle fecit" (Printer's and maker's credits)
"Thou hoary Fool, that with Prides ardent Rage,/Would'st fain conceal the furrow'd Marks of Age/Pride/Would'st thou compleat thy Work, but short's the Task,/Put off thy Patches, and put on thy Mask." (Legend beneath illustration.)
"Printed for John Bowles at the Black Horse in Cornhill" (printed)
Quincy, Edmund, 1903-1997
Bowles, John
8.37
EQ15
Metropolitan Moving & Storage
Quincy, Edmund, 1903-1997
Bowles, John
Bowles, John (Printmaker)
London, England
16 1/2 x 12 1/2 (HxW) (inches)
Estate of Edmund Quincy
2009.5.37
City of London (London, Greater London, England, United Kingdom) [borough]
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