The Burgomaster.
Dateca. 1760
After work by
Adriaen van Ostade
Engraver
James Watson
Publisher
John Bowles
1701 - 1779
Publisher
Carington Bowles
1724 - 1793
OriginEngland, London
MediumBlack and white mezzotint engraving with period hand color
DimensionsOH: 14" x OW: 10"
Credit LineMuseum Purchase
Object number1971-473
DescriptionThe lower margin reads: "Ostade pinx.t/ J. Watson fecit/ The Burgomaster./ Printed for John Bowles at the Black Horse in Cornhill, and Carington Bowles in S.t Pauls Church Yard, London."ProvenanceBefore 1971, the Old Print Shop (New York, NY); 1971-present, purchased by the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation (Williamsburg, VA).
