A seller of spectacles showing his wares and wearing a large pair of spectacles. Line engraving by N. Dupuis after F. Eisen.

  • Eisen, François, approximately 1695-approximately 1778.
Date:
1700-1799
Reference:
16259i
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Paris (Rue de Gesvres) : Buldet

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1 print : line engraving ; platemark 32.2 x 26.2 cm

Lettering

Le lunetier. Vous verrés avec ces lunettes, Des femmes du grand ton qui ne sont pas coquettes. Un poëte docile, un commier sans fierté, et des scavans sans vanité. N. Dupuis sculp. ; Eisen pater pinxit.

References note

Not found in: Marcel Roux and Edmond Pognon, Inventaire du fonds français, graveurs du XVIIIe siècle, Bibliothèque nationale, Département des estampes, Paris 1955, tome VIII (inventory of prints by N.-G. Dupuis)

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Wellcome Collection 16259i

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