Autumn

Date1785

Publisher 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 and period color

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

Credit LineBequest of Grace Hartshorn Westerfield

Object number1974-627,2

DescriptionLower margin: "Hence from the busy joy resounding fields,/ In cheerful error let us tread the maze/ Of Autumn unconfine'd, and taste reviv'd/ The breath of orchard big with bending fruit./ Obedient to the breeze and beating ray,/ from the deep-loaded bough a mellow show'r/ Incessant melts away/ Vide. Thomsons Seasons./ AUTUMN./ London. Publishd 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 SeasonsProvenanceBefore 1974, Grace Hartshorn Westerfield (Camden, ME); 1974-present, given to the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation (Williamsburg, VA).