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Direct scan of object
Summer
Direct scan of object

Summer

Date1758
After work by
Publisher ca. 1710 - ca. 1770
Engraver
OriginEngland, London
MediumMezzotint with period color and line engraving
DimensionsOH: 10 7/8" x OW: 15"
Credit LineMuseum Purchase
Object number1973-99,1
DescriptionLower margin reads: "N. Lancret pinxit./ T. Simon fecit/ The Reapers Labour through the Field pursu'd/ Reveals to fight the Parting callow Brood; In vain their Anxious Mother flutters by/ For Phillis will the place of nurse supply./ Summer./ T. Burford Ex. 1758"ProvenanceBefore 1973, the Old Print Shop (New York, NY); 1973-present, purchased by the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation (Williamsburg, VA).