The STAY-MAKER taking a PLEASING CIRCUMFERENCE.
Date1784
Publisher
Carington Bowles
1724 - 1793
OriginEngland, London
MediumBlack and white mezzotint engraving with period hand color
DimensionsOH: 14 2/8" x OW: 10 1/2"; Plate H: 13 7/8" x W: 9 7/8"
Credit LineMuseum Purchase
Object number1971-475
DescriptionThe lower margin reads: "The STAY-MAKER taking a PLEASING CIRCUMFERENCE./ Printed for & Sold by Carington Bowles N.o 69 in S.t Pauls Church Yard, London./ Published as the Acts directs [date erased]"ProvenanceBefore 1971, the Old Print Shop (New York, NY); 1971-present, purchased by the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation (Williamsburg, VA).
