Blacksmiths at work. Mezzotint by J. McArdell.

London (at the Golden Head in Covent Garden) : Sold by J. Mc.Ardell

1 print : mezzotint ; sheet 33.2 x 26 cm

Done from a capital picture of Brouwer in the collection of B: Cleeve Esqr. by Jas. McArdell.

Lettering and imprint transcribed from Scholz, loc. cit.

Horst Scholz, Brouwer invenit: druckgraphische Reproduktionen des 17.-19. Jahrhunderts nach Gemälden und Zeichnungen Adriaen Brouwers, Marburg 1985, pp. 187-188, no. 167 (as "Zwei Arbeiter in einer Schmiede")

Wellcome Collection 30962i

The attribution of the composition to Brouwer, as found in the lettering to this print, is ruled out by Scholz, loc. cit. ("Eine Brouwer-Invention als Grundlage fur Mac Ardells Blatt ist auszuschliessen")