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Boys at Play, Blowing Soap-bubbles

Publisher William Woollett British
1785
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Object Information
  • Title: Boys at Play, Blowing Soap-bubbles
  • Artist: William Woollett (British, Maidstone, Kent 1735–1785 London)
  • Artist: After Bartolomé Estebán Murillo (Spanish, Seville 1617–1682 Seville)
  • Publisher: William Woollett (British, Maidstone, Kent 1735–1785 London)
  • Date: 1785
  • Medium: Engraving
  • Dimensions: Sheet: 14 3/4 × 10 13/16 in. (37.5 × 27.5 cm)
  • Classification: Prints
  • Credit Line: Rogers Fund, 1962
  • Object Number: 62.602.317
  • Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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