Mink [?] eating a fish Finish:Rolled In the left background a

In the left background a Frenchman weeps before a bust of Napoleon

A soot sweeper carrying his brush and sack past the Foundling Hospital

He had long been an embarrassment to the party elders

Original is oil on canvas 71x81

On the desk is an ink well

Mink [?] eating a fish Finish:Rolled In the left background aVignette of a predatory mammal, possibly a mink, eating a landed fish within reeds. Closing vignette (p. 405) from 'Nuove sperienze intorno alla dolcificazione dell'acqua del mare', by Antonio Mario Lorgna, Memorie della Societa Italiana di Scienze Naturali, vol. 3 (1786) pp. 375 405. Original: woodcut engraving. 1786