FLEMISH AMUSEMENT

Date1771

After work by Carl August Kraus

Publisher Robert Sayer (1725-1794)

Engraver James Wilson 1760 - 1780 fl. ca.

OriginEngland, London

MediumMezzotint with line engraving

DimensionsOverall: 15 1/2 × 11in. (39.4 × 27.9cm)
Other (Plate): 13 1/2 × 9 3/4in. (34.3 × 24.8cm)

Credit LineMuseum Purchase

Object number1971-481

DescriptionThe lower margin reads: "A. Krause pinx.t/ Wilson fecit/ The Boorish Family invent/ FLEMISH AMUSEMENT./ Contrivances for Merriment/ London Printed for Rob.t Sayer N.o 53. in Fleet Street. Published as the Act directs 1.st February 1771." "202" is scratched out in the lower right corner.Label TextNumerous kitchen items are depicted around this scene, and a foot warmer is visible.

See 1950-718 for another impression in this collection.ProvenanceBefore 1971, the Old Print Shop (New York, NY); 1971-present, purchased by the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation (Williamsburg, VA).