YOUTHFUL AMUSEMENT.
Dateca. 1775
Maker
Philippe Mercier
1689 - 1760
Publisher
Robert Sayer (1725-1794)
Engraver
Charles Spooner
OriginEngland, London
MediumHand-colored mezzotint engraving
DimensionsOH: 8 1/4" x OW: 5 1/2"; Plate H: 5 7/8" x W: 4 1/2"
Credit LineMuseum Purchase
Object number1958-354
DescriptionThe lower margin reads: "YOUTHFUL AMUSEMENT./ P. mercier pinx.t/ C. Spooner fecit./ London, Printed for Rob.t Sayer at N.o 53 in Fleet Street."Label TextA young boy plays with a little top which he spins on his hand. In the other hand is the string from the top. This boy is said to be Phillippe Mercier, son of the artist.ProvenanceBefore 1958, F. & G. Staack (Camden, ME); 1958-present, purchased by the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation (Williamsburg, VA).
