Spring
DateC. 1760
Artist/Maker
Johnson
Publisher
Robert Sayer (1725-1794)
Publisher
Carington Bowles
1724 - 1793
OriginEngland, London
MediumMezzotint with line engraving
DimensionsOH: 14 1/2" x OW: 11"
Credit LineMuseum Purchase
Object number1961-171,1
DescriptionLower margin reads: " Johnson fecit/ As smiling Charms adorn y.e blooming lass,/ So Spring appears with every lovely Grace,/ Nature now spreads abroad her beautious Scene,/ And flowers enamel the delightful Green./ Spring/ Printed for & Sold by Henry Overton at the White Horse without Newgate & Rob.t Sayer at the Golden Buck opposite Fetter Lane Fleet Street."Label TextOne in a set of four prints representing the seasons. A lovely young lady is shown plucking roses and placing them in her apron. She also wears them in her hair and at her bossom. To the rear a male and female figure stands before a templ. To the left a figure is shown leaning over the balcony railing at the top of a flight of terrace steps. Tis said the beauty shown was meant to resemble Peg Woffington.ProvenanceBefore 1961, the Old Print Shop (New York, NY); 1961-present, purchased by the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation (Williamsburg, VA).
