"Old woman and a boy with candles; he leans over her shoulder from the right to light his candle; she holds a basket and shields the flame with her hand."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Quis vetet apposito, lumen de lumine tolli, mille licet capiant, deperit inde nihil
Description:
Title devised by curator; alternative title from text below image., Second state of the plate, with retouchings by Paulus Pontius. See British Museum online catalogue., Place of publication inferred from primary city of activity for Rubens and Pontius; date of publication from the British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: S.7263., Four lines of text in lower right corner: Cum Privilegiis Regis christianissimi serenissime infantis et ordinum confederat., Imperfect; sheet trimmed within plate mark with slight loss of text from bottom edge. Missing text supplied from impression in the British Museum., Mounted on page 36 of Richard Bull's copiously extra-illustrated copy of: Walpole, H. A description of the villa of Mr. Horace Walpole. Strawberry Hill : Printed by Thomas Kirgate, 1784. See Hazen, A.T. Bibliography of the Strawberry Hill Press (1973 ed.), no. 30, copy 13., With note ink in Richard Bull's hand, below image on mounting sheet: This print is supposed to have been engraved by Rubens and is very scarce., and For further information, consult library staff.
