Kauft Dinten! De L'encre!
Date1770-1780
Engraver
Carl Schutz
After work by
Christian Hulfgott Brand
1694 - 1756
OriginEurope, Austria, Vienna
MediumBlack and white line engraving with etching
DimensionsOH: 18 1/8" x OW: 13"; Plate H: 14 5/8" x W: 9 3/4"
Credit LineMuseum Purchase
Object number1966-27,5
DescriptionThe lower margin reads: "Kauft Dinten! De l'encre!/ Gezeichnet v. C. Brand Prof./ Gestochen v. C. Schutz."ProvenanceBefore 1966, Avis and Rockwell Gardiner (Stamford, CT); 1966-present, purchased by the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation (Williamsburg, VA).
Thomas Rowlandson
1810, originally published August 8, 1798