COURT of EQUITY, or a CONVIVIAL CITY MEETING.

Date1778

After work by Robert Dighton (1752-1814)

Engraver Robert Laurie

Maker John Smith fl. 1750 - 1789

OriginEngland, London

MediumMezzotint engraving with period hand color

DimensionsOH: 15 1/4" x OW: 18 1/4"; Plate H: 14 1/4" x W: 17 1/8"

Credit LineMuseum Purchase

Object number1958-420

DescriptionThe lower margin reads: "COURT of EQUITY, or a CONVIVIAL CITY MEETING./ Rob.t Dighton Pinxit./ Rob.t Laurie Fecit./ Publish'd Nov.r 1.st, 1778, by John Smith, Cheapside, LONDON."ProvenanceBefore 1958, the Old Print Shop (New York, NY); 1958-present, purchased by the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation (Williamsburg, VA).