AUGUST. AOUT.
Dateca. 1780
After work by
Robert Dighton (1752-1814)
Publisher
Carington Bowles
1724 - 1793
OriginEngland, London
MediumMezzotint engraving on laid paper
DimensionsOverall: 14 3/8 × 10 7/8 in (36.51 × 27.62cm)
Other (Platemark): 14 × 9 7/8 in (35.56 × 25.08cm)
Other (Platemark): 14 × 9 7/8 in (35.56 × 25.08cm)
Credit LineMuseum Purchase
Object number1972-177,8
DescriptionThe lower margin reads: "AUGUST./ AOUT./ R. Dighton del./ Printed for & Sold by Carington Bowles,/ N.o 69 in S.t Pauls Church Yard, London./ Published as the Act directs, 533"Label TextThis print, representing the month of August, is part of a set of twelve prints representing the months of the year. Themed sets, such as this were popular throughout the eighteenth-century in England and America. A fashuionably dressed young woman stands beside a pool. She carries a fishing pole and cannister (for fish?). A mill is seen in the distance and some sheaves of wheat, suggesting the end of harvest.ProvenanceBefore 1972, the Old Print Shop (New York, NY); 1972-present, purchased by the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation (Williamsburg, VA).
