Summer
DateCa. 1760
Artist/Maker
Johnson
Publisher
Robert Sayer (1725-1794)
Publisher
Henry Overton
OriginEngland, London
MediumMezzotint with line engraving
DimensionsOH: 14 1/4" x OW: 10 1/2"
Credit LineMuseum Purchase
Object number1961-171,2
DescriptionLower margin reads: "Summer advances with a sober Look,/ Sheaf in her Arm, & in her Hand a Crock./ The ripen'd Corn must by the Sickle fall,/ For tis the Harvest that enriches all./ Summer./ Printed for & Sold by Henry overton at the White Horse without Newgate, and Rob.t Sayer at the Golden Buck opposite Fetter Lane, Fleet Street."Label TextOne of a set of four prints representing the seasons. A beautiful young woman is shown in the field harvesting grain. She holds a sheaf under one arm, and a scyth in her hand. In the background two figures are harvesting wheat in front of a farm house.ProvenanceBefore 1961, the Old Print Shop (New York, NY); 1961-present, purchased by the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation (Williamsburg, VA).
