John BROWNE (Oxford 1719 - 1790) "The Wagoner" Original etching by a subject by Rubens, printed and published in London by John Boydell in 1776 and then inserted in the collection entitled "A set of Prints engraved after the most capital Paintings in the Collection of her Imperial Majesty the Empress of Russia, lately in the possession of the Earl of Norfolk, at Houghton in Norfolk ... "made by the same publishers since 1788. Beautiful copy printed on a portion of laid paper bearing the literal watermark of the Dupuys Auvergne paper mill, typical of French paper production of the eighteenth century, with good margins beyond the imprint of the slab, slightly burnished and with small foxing points but overall in excellent general condition. Bibliography: LeBlanc "Manuel de l'Amateur d'Estampes" Paris 1854, vol.1 pag.529 n ° 13. Lewine "Bibliography of Eighteenth Century Art and Illustrated Books" London 1898 p. 204. Milesi "Dictionary of Engravers" Bergamo 1989 page 89. Measurements in mm: 480 x 603