Domestick Amusement. Playing on the Guitar.
Dateca. 1760
Engraver
Richard Houston (1721-1775)
After work by
Philippe Mercier
1689 - 1760
Publisher
Robert Sayer (1725-1794)
OriginEngland, London
MediumBlack and white mezzotint engraving
DimensionsOH: 13 7/8" x OW: 9 7/8"
Credit LineMuseum Purchase
Object number1975-306
DescriptionThe lower margin reads: "Domestick Amusement. Playing on the Guitar./ Philip Mercier pinx.t/ Rich.d Houston fecit/ Printed for Rob.t Sayer at the Golden Buck in Fleet Street."ProvenanceBefore 1975, Pottinger-Walters Antiques (Goshen, IN); 1975-present, purchased by the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation (Williamsburg, VA).
