The FRUIT WOMAN.
DateDecember 1, 1780
Publisher
Robert Wilkinson
OriginEngland, London
MediumBlack and white mezzotint engraving
DimensionsOH: 14 1/2" x OW: 10 1/2"; Plate H: 13 3/4" x W: 9 7/8"
Credit LineMuseum Purchase
Object number1951-83
DescriptionThe lower margin reads: "The FRUIT WOMAN./ While Arm in Arm the Macaroni Beaux,/ Admire the Charms Trim Miliners disclose./ On them behind old Kate her Barrow wheels,/ And of S.r Delicate Trips up the Heels./ As on his Back among her Fruit he falls./ Who'll buy a Beau? my Top of Fruit she squalls./ London, Publish'd as the Act directs 1 Decem.r 1780. by R. Wilkinson, at N.o 58 in Cornhill."ProvenanceBefore 1951, Hyde & Knudsen (New York, NY); 1951-present, purchased by the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation (Williamsburg, VA).
Lyman Parks (formerly known as the Wilkinson Limner) (active ca. 1824-ca. 1830)
Probably 1827-1830
1790-1810
