Autumn

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 number1961-171,3

DescriptionLower margin reads: "Autumn, full-grown & burden'd with her fruit,/ Can ev'ry Palate with her Dainties suit,/ Whate'er the Garden what the Trees produce/ To please your Taste, you now may pick & chuse./ Autumn./ 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 out of four prints from a series representing the seasons. A lovely girl is shown holding a basket of fruit. In the background a man stands on the top of a ladder pulling fruit from a tree, and tossing it down to a woman who catches it in her apron, while another picks up from the ground.ProvenanceBefore 1961, the Old Print Shop (New York, NY); 1961-present, purchased by the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation (Williamsburg, VA).