A London merchant from C.S. Street, Mistris D. his wife, English merchant and his wife, Marriage abuses, print, album page, Series number, 31-32, 50, Two depictions on an album page. On the left, the fictional portrait of a merchant from London. He deals in hats, boots, and gloves. On the right, his wife with a wine glass and tobacco pipe. In the background, the city of London and the Thames. Below that two quatrains in Dutch., printmaker: Crispijn van de Passe (II), Amsterdam, 1641, paper, engraving, letterpress printing, text in letterpress, height 98 mm x width 144 mm, head-gear, city-view, and landscape with man-made constructions, pipe, tobacco, male sex, man, glass of wine, female sex, woman, Two oval engravings side by side depict seated figures wearing wide-brimmed hats and large ruffled collars; the left figure is a man with a mustache holding a hat in his hands and wearing a jacket with decorative sleeves, while the right figure is a woman holding a goblet and a small object ...
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A London merchant from C.S. Street, Mistris D. his wife, English merchant and his wife, Marriage abuses, print, album page, Series number, 31-32, 50, Two depictions on an album page. On the left, the fictional portrait of a merchant from London. He deals in hats, boots, and gloves. On the right, his wife with a wine glass and tobacco pipe. In the background, the city of London and the Thames. Below that two quatrains in Dutch., printmaker: Crispijn van de Passe (II), Amsterdam, 1641, paper, engraving, letterpress printing, text in letterpress, height 98 mm x width 144 mm, head-gear, city-view, and landscape with man-made constructions, pipe, tobacco, male sex, man, glass of wine, female sex, woman, Two oval engravings side by side depict seated figures wearing wide-brimmed hats and large ruffled collars; the left figure is a man with a mustache holding a hat in his hands and wearing a jacket with decorative sleeves, while the right figure is a woman holding a goblet and a small object with a cross-shaped pendant at her chest and a patterned garment. Each oval contains background details suggesting interiors and distant buildings, and the sheet shows additional printed columns of text below the images. The overall image is monochrome with fine engraved lines and visible paper texture.

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London merchant C.S Street Mistris D wife English merchant Marriage abuses print album page Series number 31-32 50 Two depictions left fictional portrait merchant London deals hats boots gloves right wine glass tobacco pipe background city Thames two quatrains Dutch printmaker Crispijn van de Passe Ii Amsterdam 1641 paper engraving letterpress printing text letterpress height 98 mm x width 144 mm head-gear city-view landscape man- constructions pipe tobacco male sex man glass wine female sex woman Two oval engravings side side depict seated figures wearing wide-brimmed hats large ruffled collars left figure mustache holding hat hands jacket decorative sleeves right figure woman holding goblet small object cross-shaped pendant chest patterned garment oval contains background details suggesting interiors distant buildings sheet additional printed columns images image monochrome fine engraved lines visible paper texture

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