Two money-lenders counting their money and keeping their accounts, one wears spectacles. Stipple engraving by T. Cheesman, 1791, after Q. Matsys.

[London] (76 St James Strt.) : A. Molteno, printseller to Her Royal Highness the Duchess of York, 18 March 1791.

1 print : stipple engraving ; platemark 28.3 x 21.9 cm

The misers. Thos. Cheesman sculpt. late pupil to F. Bartolozzi. R.A. ; Quintin Matsys prixt. ... Lettering continues: 'The painter of this picture was a blacksmith of Antwerp, born 1460, died 1529. He fell in love with the daughter of an artist, who objected to her marrying a worker in iron thereupon he abandoned his occupation and devoted his energies to painting in which art he rose to eminence'

Wellcome Collection 16024i