Lot 118: Elisabeth Seldron (c. 1690-1761)

A mountebank selling potions to an audience before a castle wall oil on canvas 711/2 x 601/2 in. (181.6 x 153.6 cm.) NOTES The present picture, and the following lot may be compared with the slightly smaller (601/2 x 411/4 in.) pair of Rustics at a quack doctor's booth and Rustics outside a country inn, signed by the artist, sold, Sotheby's, London, 12 December 1984 (œ9,900), or with the Village Kermesse, also signed, sold in these Rooms, 10 December 1993, lot 234 (œ15,0000).