February.
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 number1941-238
DescriptionThe lower margin reads: "February./ Publish'd according to Act of Parliament Jan.y 2 1767./ LONDON, Printed for ROB.T SAYER, at N.o 53 in Fleet Street."Label TextThis print, depicting the month of February, 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. The set follows the conventions of the genre: featuring fashionable and seasonally dressed young women engaging in leisure activities that are appropriate for each month. In this print, a young woman leans against a stone plinth surmounted by an urn in a wintery landscape. In the distance, men till a field.Inscription(s)Upper right: "90"ProvenanceBefore 1941, Bland Gallery, Inc. (New York, NY); 1941-present, purchased by the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation (Williamsburg, VA).
