The CONTRAST.
Dateca. 1780
After work by
Robert Dighton (1752-1814)
Publisher
Carington Bowles
1724 - 1793
OriginEngland, London
MediumMezzotint engraving with period hand color
DimensionsOH: 14 1/8" x OW: 10 1/4"; Plate H: 13 7/8" x W: 9 7/8"
Credit LineMuseum Purchase
Object number1955-183
DescriptionThe lower margin reads: "The CONTRAST./ Printed for & Sold by Carington Bowles,/ N.o 69 in S.t Pauls Church Yard, London./ R. Dighton del./ Ve ave beat a you/ Dam-mi-na-bly./ _You Lye_/ Damnably./ Published as the Act directs [date erased]"Label TextThe interior of a tap room is shown with a Frenchman seated at left wering a black hat, red coat, and light blue breeches. He is facing a seated Englishman wearing black hat, blue coat, striped waistcoat, yellow breeches, and puffing on a clay pipe. In the background, a barmaid is leaning out from the bar and four seated men watch.ProvenanceBefore 1955, the Old Print Shop (New York, NY); 1955-present, purchased by the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation (Williamsburg, VA).
