PRIDE.

Dateca. 1765

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: 14" x OW: 9 7/8" (trimmed to plate mark)

Credit LineMuseum Purchase

Object number1977-285

DescriptionThe lower margin reads: "PRIDE./ The bird of Juno, with unnumber'd Eyes,/ And explanation tacitly implys,/ Plain Innocence, in these degen'rate days,/ Attracts no gazers nor receives no praise,/ But oh! can all this artifice dress,/ A pleasing worthyness of soul express?/ No, these the friends of Nature must deride,/ For sense, and Nature, are the foes of pride./ Phil. Mercier pinx.t/ Rich.d Houston fecit/ London, Printed for Rob.t Sayer, at the Golden Buck in Fleet Street./ Price 1.s 6.d"ProvenanceBefore 1977, Walter T. Spencer (London, England); 1977-present, purchased by the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation (Williamsburg, VA).