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Collet, John, 1725?-1780

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  • A young woman's wig and hat being swept away by a gust of wind; behind her a young man is laughing, to the left stand an amused couple. Engraving by J. Caldwell, 1771, after J. Collet.
  • An Englishman seated in a Parisian coiffeur's salon having his hair dressed by a mischievous Frenchman. Engraving by J. Caldwell, 1770, after I. Collet.
  • A pregnant woman leading a donkey on which a discharged veteran, who has lost both his legs, is sitting carrying one of their children in a bucket. Etching with engraving by J. Caldwell after J. Collet, 1775.
  • A young woman is weeping as she is being offered in marriage by her mother to a old, lame man. Engraving by J. Goldar after J. Collet, 1767.
  • A Methodist minister attempting to choose between two women who pull him in different directions. Mezzotint after J. Collet.
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    An Englishman seated in a Parisian coiffeur's salon having his hair dressed by a mischievous Frenchman. Engraving by J. Caldwell, 1770, after I. Collet.

    Collet, John, 1725?-1780. | Date: 10 May 1770 | Reference: 31258i
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    A pregnant woman leading a donkey on which a discharged veteran, who has lost both his legs, is sitting carrying one of their children in a bucket. Etching with engraving by J. Caldwell after J. Collet, 1775.

    Collet, John, 1725?-1780. | Date: 30 May 1775 | Reference: 43853i
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    A young woman's wig and hat being swept away by a gust of wind; behind her a young man is laughing, to the left stand an amused couple. Engraving by J. Caldwell, 1771, after J. Collet.

    Collet, John, 1725?-1780. | Date: 2 April 1771 | Reference: 31644i
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    Three women and a page boy are picking apples while a hunter courts one of the females, in the background an old man is gathering grapes; representing Autumn. Mezzotint after J. Collet.

    Collet, John, 1725?-1780. | Reference: 39016i
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    A man leaning on a crutch points to two pineapples and three bottles on a table beside him, a portrait of the Earl of Bute on the wall beyond. Engraving by J. Collett, 1769, after his design.

    Collet, John, 1725?-1780. | Date: Nov 9th 1769 ; | Reference: 583485i
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