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The merry milk maid La femme au lait = Allegra contadinella
Title
The merry milk maid [graphic] = La femme au lait = Allegra contadinella / M. Lauron delin. ; P. Tempest exc. cum privilegio.
Published
[London] : [Printed & sold by Henry Overton at the White Horse without Newgate], [1733]
Physical Description
1 print : engraving ; sheet 26.5 x 16.2 cm
Notes
Title engraved in English, French, and Italian below image.
Tempest also possibly the printmaker. See Hindley, C. History of the cries of London, ancient and modern.
'ML' in M. Lauron forms a monogram.
Imprint from title page.
Bound in: The cryes of the city of London. London : Printed & sold by Henry Overton at the White Horse without Newgate, 1733.
Provenance
Gulston sale, 1786, p. 30, lot 38? Fraser sale, Christie, Manson & Woods 4 December 1900. C.W. Dyson Perrins sale, lot 110, Sotheby's 11 June 1959. With Fraser's ownership stamp.
From the collection of Sir William Fraser (1826-1898), with his stamp in lower right corner, recto.
Variant and related titles
Merry milkmaid
Femme au lait
Allegra contadinella
Format
Images
Language
English; French; Italian
Added to Catalog
June 29, 2009
Subjects
Subjects (Local Yale)
Genre/Form
Cries.
Annotations (Provenance) - 18th century.
Engravings - England - 1733.
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