Pu-Quà. A Lame Beggar. / Un mendiant boiteux. Crippled beggar sitting on the ground and looking out for benefactors. Colored stipple by J. Dadley. Inscribed: Pu-Quà, Cantòn Delin. / Dadley. London. Sculpt. 30.7 x 25.2 cm.
According to Lipperheide Le 21 after-engraving about 1810 after Dadley’s print of 1799 (Lipperheide Le 17). – With minimally foxing explanation sheet in French-German parallel text. – Three sides trimmed to platemark, but unessential for much white plate margin.
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