[The mountebank doctor and his Merry Andrew] [graphic] / Franc. Hault [i.e. Hals] pinxit ; Edwardus Le Dauis, Londini, sculp.

[The mountebank doctor and his Merry Andrew] [graphic] / Franc. Hault [i.e. Hals] pinxit ; Edwardus Le Dauis, Londini, sculp.

First line: I am a fool but not for want of wit

[London] : Printed and sold by I. Overton at [th]e White Horse without Newgate, [late 17th century?]

1 print : engraving ; image 244 x 318 mm

paper

Two men, waist up, turned at three-quarter angle. The man on the left is bearded, wears a feathered cap set at an angle and a doublet with furry pom-poms down the front. The man on the right has a mustache and shoulder-length hair, and wears a hat, lace collar and one glove.

From 2 paintings by Frans Hals.

Title from S. Slive: Frans Hals [1974].

Publication date range based on period when Le Davis could have worked for Overton, after 1675 when he returned to London from France until his death, ca. 1691. See Oxford DNB under Le Davis.

12-line poem in 2 columns inscribed in plate. First two lines: I am a fooll but not for want of wit. I play the fooll that wee by fools may get...

Great Britain -- England -- London.

ART Box H196 no.1 (size L)

Trimmed into print on upper edge.

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