£65
ENGLISH SCHOOL, MID-18TH CENTURY. THE BENEFIT OF NEUTRALITY. Etching, with hand colouring in watercolour and gouache, trimmed
17.5 x 28.5cm.
* This is an allegory on the Austrian War of Succession (1740-1748), in which the warring parties (England, France and Spain) argue over a dairy cow whilst the neutral Dutchman quietly milks her.
The titles affixed to the backboard; the image in good condition except for a dark vertical stripe at the extreme right edge (8-10mm wide).
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