A MUSICAL CONVERSATION.

DateDecember 21, 1770

Engraver Jean Marie Delatre

After work by Gespard (Caspar) Netscher

Publisher William Wynne Ryland

OriginEngland, London

MediumBlack and white line engraving

DimensionsOH: 19 1/8" x OW: 13 7/8"; Plate H: 16" x W: 11 1/2"

Credit LineMuseum Purchase

Object number1975-319

DescriptionThe lower margin reads: "A MUSICAL CONVERSATION./ Painted by G. Netscher./ Engraved by J.M. Delattre/ From an Original Picture in this Possession of Cha.s Rogers, Esq.r/ Publish'd as the Act directs Dec. 21.st 1770, by the Proprietor W.m Wynne Ryland Engraver to his Majesty in Cornhill London."ProvenanceBefore 1975, Pottinger-Walters Antiques (Goshen, IN); 1975-present, purchased by the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation (Williamsburg, VA).