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Print made by Bernard Lens II, 1659–1725, British, Death, a Miser, and the Prodigal Son, undated
- Title:
- Death, a Miser, and the Prodigal Son
- Date:
- undated
- Materials & Techniques:
- Mezzotint on medium, moderately textured, cream laid paper
- Dimensions:
- Sheet: 9 1/16 × 7 1/4 inches (23 × 18.4 cm), Plate: 8 11/16 × 6 7/8 inches (22.1 × 17.5 cm), Image: 8 3/16 × 6 13/16 inches (20.8 × 17.3 cm)
- Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed on verso in graphite, lower center: "413"
Lettered, lower left: "Death & the Prodigall so close contriving | I'll warrant , here's some hopefull Bargain driving: | Dry:bones plays off Old Gripe from's hoarded pelf. | B. Lens fe."; lettered, lower right: " While Spendthrift entring Seizes All t'himself | But both are Trickt, th' Old Fool's Secur'd y Young | Lives so fast, Death will have him to eer long."
- Credit Line:
- Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
- Copyright Status:
- Public Domain
- Accession Number:
- B1970.3.1047
- Classification:
- Prints
- Collection:
- Prints and Drawings
- Access:
- Accessible by appointment in the Study Room [Request]
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- https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:22737
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