BUNTERS HILL or MAY DAY

Date1776

Publisher John Lockington

MediumBlack and white line engraving

DimensionsO: 8 1/4" X 5 3/4"; Plate: 7 3/4" X 4 3/4"

Credit LineMuseum Purchase

Object number1960-57

DescriptionLower margin reads: "BUNTERS HILL OR MAY DAY./ Pub.d according to Act of Parlt May 1, 1776, by J. Lockington, Shug Lane."Label TextA woman shown in profile, head left, has an enormous ornate hairstyle. On this hair are depicted a number of scenes illustrating low-life on May-day in London. On the summit is a galloping pig with 2 small pigs. Below are 2 pairs of street-sellers, on ewho is offering drink to another woman. One old woman is smoking a pipe while offering a tray of fruit or cakes to a woman and child. Below is a fruit or vegetable cart drawn by 2 asses or horses, tandem, their heads decorated with branchs. In the lowest of the coiffure is a jack-in-the-green surrounded by chimney-sweeps and bystanders. The woman's face shows a patch.ProvenanceBefore 1960, the Old Print Shop (New York, NY); 1960-present, purchased by the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation (Williamsburg, VA).