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Domestick Amusement. The Lovely Spinner.
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Domestick Amusement. The Lovely Spinner.

Dateca. 1760
Publisher 1724 - 1793
Publisher 1701 - 1779
After work by
Engraver
OriginEngland, London
MediumBlack and white mezzotint engraving with etching
DimensionsOH: 14 1/2" x OW: 10 5/8"; Plate H: 14" x W: 9 7/8"
Credit LineMuseum Purchase
Object number1975-307
DescriptionThe lower margin reads: "Domestick Amusement. The Lovely Spinner./ Heillmann pinx.t/ J. Watson fecit./ Printed for John Bowles at the Black Horse in Cornhil [sic], & Carington Bowles in S.t Paul's Church Yard, London."ProvenanceBefore 1975, Pottinger-Walters Antiques (Goshen, IN); 1975-present, purchased by the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation (Williamsburg, VA).