Spring

Date1785

Engraver Robert Sayer (1725-1794)

Publisher John Bennett fl. 1760 - 1787

Publisher Robert Sayer (1725-1794) & John Bennett (fl. 1760-1787)

OriginEngland, London

MediumMezzotint with line engraving with period color

DimensionsOH: 14 1/4" x OW: 10" (trimmed to the platemark)

Credit LineBequest of Grace Hartshorn Westerfield

Object number1974-627,1

DescriptionLower margin reads: "Come then, ye Virgins and ye Youth.' whose hearts/ Have felt the raptures of refining love;/ Oh, come! and while the rosy-footed May/ Steals blushing on, together let us head/ SPRINT./ The Morning dews, and gather in their prime/ Fresh-blooming flowers to grace thy braided hair,/ And thy lov'd bosom, that improves their sweets./ Vide. Thomsons Seasons./ London Publish'd as the Act directs May 12.th 1785 by R. Sayer & J. Bennett, Map, Chart & Printsellers, N.o 53 Fleet Street."Label TextPoetry from Thomson's Seasons.ProvenanceBefore 1974, Grace Hartshorn Westerfield (Camden, ME); 1974-present, given to the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation (Williamsburg, VA).