RURAL Courtship.

Date1761-1766

Engraver Richard Houston (1721-1775)

After work by Amicilla

Publisher John Bowles and Son fl. 1754 - ca. 1764

OriginEngland, London

MediumBlack and white mezzotint engraving

DimensionsOH: 13 7/8" x OW: 9 5/8"

Credit LineMuseum Purchase

Object number1977-299

DescriptionThe lower margin reads: "RURAL Courtship./ Amicilla Pinxt./ Houston Fecit./ RURAL Courtship./ Ye flattering Lovers ye Coquettish Fair,/ Take Pattern by this gen'rous artless Pair/Whose mutual Smiles sincerer Pleasures give,/ Than those ye from deluding Arts receive./ Printed for John Bowles & Son, at the Black Horse in Cornhil."ProvenanceBefore 1977, Walter T. Spencer (London, England); 1977-present, purchased by the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation (Williamsburg, VA).