January.
Date1767
Publisher
Robert Sayer
1725 - 1794
OriginEngland, London
MediumHand-colored mezzotint engraving
DimensionsOH: 14 1/2" x OW: 10 5/8"; Plate H: 13 7/8" x W: 9 3/4"
Credit LineMuseum Purchase
Object number1941-237
DescriptionThe lower margin reads: "January./ Publish'd according to Act of Parliament Jan. 2, 1767./ LONDON, Printed for ROB.T SAYER, at N.o 53 in Fleet Street."Label TextThis print, depicting the month of January, is part of a set of twelve prints representing the months of the year. Themed sets, such as this were popular throughout the eighteenth-century in England and America. A young woman attired in a cape with fur trim, muff, hat over cap, white apron and full lace cuffs on her gown, watches river to watch skaters on a frozen body of water. The landscape is of winter, with no leaves on the trees. There is a large house in the distance. Her dog looks on from the fountain behind her, which is not working due to the cold.Inscription(s)Upper right: "89"ProvenanceBefore 1941, Bland Gallery, Inc. (New York, NY); 1941-present, purchased by the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation (Williamsburg, VA).
