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Pu-Quà. A Frog-Catcher. / Un Pêcheur de Grenouilles. By means of fire carried in a wire net. Colored stipple by J. Dadley (active before 1797 – after 1803). Inscribed: Pu-Quà. Canton. Delin. / Dadley, London, Sculpt. 26.4 x 22.5 cm.

According to Lipperheide Le 21 after-engraving about 1810 after Dadley’s print of 1799 (Lipperheide Le 17). – With explanation sheet in German-French parallel text with multiline typographic watermark. – The left lateral margin partly cut, but not impairing for sufficient white platemargin.

Pu-Quà Chinese Frog-Catcher

“ On a en Chine une maniere de prendre les grenouilles pendant la nuit au moyen d’un feu que l’on porte dans une cage de fil de laiton, ainsi qu’il est représenté dans cette planche. ”

Offer no. 14,612 / EUR  75. (c. US$ 110.) + shipping

 

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