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Lot Essay
Balzer states that the image was first printed in The Cries of London published by R. H. Laurie in 1687 and ran to eight editions up to 1821.
Details
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hand-coloured engraving by Pierce Tempest after Marcellus Laroon, showing a travelling peepshow man, the plate inscribed, Mauron delin. and P Tempest exc cum privilegio, with the title in English, French and Italian, 160 x 248mm.
hand-coloured engraving by Pierce Tempest after Marcellus Laroon, showing a travelling peepshow man, the plate inscribed, Mauron delin. and P Tempest exc cum privilegio, with the title in English, French and Italian, 160 x 248mm.
Literature
Richard Balzer (1998), Peepshows A Visual History, p. 27
Thomas Ganz (1994), Die Welt im Kasten, p. 61
Thomas Ganz (1994), Die Welt im Kasten, p. 61
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