The Bublers Mirrour: or England's Folley

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mezzotint, etching, and engraving

plate mark: 15 1/2 x 11 1/4 inches (393 x 285 mm.); image: 13 7/8 x 9 7/8 inches (352 x 250 mm.)

Purchased by J. Pierpont Morgan, 1900.

Peel 0176

Published:

London: Printed for & sold by Tho: Bowles next the Chapter House in St. Pauls Chu: Yard, [1720]

Provenance:

Formerly owned by Sir Robert Peel.

Notes:

The mezzotint design is closely followed, in reverse, in a contemporary etching, Peel 0074.
Watermark: faint, unidentifiable mark at center of page.

Summary:

This depicts a scene of success. See also companion print, Peel 0175, which depicts a scene of loss.

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