The Toilet.

Date1740-1755

After work by Jean Baptiste Joseph Pater

Engraver Jean Simon 1675 - 1751

OriginEngland

MediumBlack and white mezzotint engraving with period hand color

DimensionsOH: 10 1/4" x OW: 14 1/4"; Plate H: 9 3/4" x W: 13 3/4"

Credit LineMuseum Purchase

Object number1967-339,A

DescriptionThe lower margin reads: "The Toilet./ I.B. Pater pinx./ The Comb, the Glass, and ev'ry Gin,/ By which the Coquets the unwary win,/ May for a time Young Foplings please,/ And Adorations claim with Ease,/ But She who'd fix the Unerring Dart,/ Must like you (Iris) charm the Heart."ProvenanceBefore 1967, the Old Print Shop (New York, NY); 1967-present, purchased by the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation (Williamsburg, VA).