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Message:: [QUOTE="Lew Fisher, post: 10267350, member: 348"][ATTACH=full]514596[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]514597[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]514598[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]514599[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]514600[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]514601[/ATTACH] Hi, Folks-   Pictured are 2 etchings I bought at auction years ago. Wenceslaus Hollar, prolific 17th C. Bohemian artist, is the etcher.  Titles are "The File and Viper" and "The Rebellion of the Hands & Feet". Frame size is 12-1/2" by 9-1/4". Can someone tell me anything about them without my having to remove them from their frames? Are there different states of these etchings? Can one tell which as they are now? If I remove them from the frames what will I need to know to determine their age? And of course anything about the deliciously grotesque symbolism would be helpful. They appear to be old and perhaps have some value. Thanks for exercising your brains about this. I am in your debt.[/QUOTE]