Lierre, Belgium (Primary Title)

Unknown (Artist)

18th–19th century
European
Prints
Works On Paper
hand-colored etching on laid paper
Sheet: 15 3/16 × 20 3/8 in. (38.58 × 51.75 cm)
Plate: 12 1/2 × 15 9/16 in. (31.75 × 39.53 cm)
40.9.43
Not on view
Printed within image at upper edge in center: LIER. Printed within cartouche at lower left: LIRA, elegans et amoe/ num Brabantiae Opp: adeo,/ vt multorum huius trac tus/ nobilium in ocio degentium,/ a curis e turba, iucun/ dissimus fit recessus. Inscribed in graphite lower right: "45" (in circle) and "x8-". Inscribed in graphite on verso upper left: 5.00. Letterpress text on verso.
Gift of Margaret Dashiell
Image released via Creative Commons CC-BY-NC

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