BACHELORS FARE, or BREAD and CHEESE with KISSES

Dateca. 1770

After work by John Collet (1725?-1780)

Publisher Carington Bowles 1724 - 1793

OriginEngland, London

MediumBlack and white mezzotint with period hand color

DimensionsOH: 14 1/2" x OW: 10 1/2"; Plate H: 13 7/8" x 9 7/8"

Credit LineMuseum Purchase

Object number1962-204

DescriptionThe lower margin reads: "BACHELORS FARE, or BREAD and CHEESE with KISSES./From the Original Picture by John Collet, in the possession of Carington Bowles./Printed for & Sold by Carington Bowles, at his Map & Print Warehouse. N.o 69 in S.t Pauls Church Yard, London. Published as the Act directs [date erased]"ProvenanceBefore 1962, the Old Print Shop (New York, NY); 1962-present, purchased by the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation (Williamsburg, VA).