June.

Date1767

Publisher Robert Sayer (1725-1794)

MediumHand-colored mezzotint engraving

DimensionsOH: 14 5/8" x OW: 10 5/8"; Plate H: 14" x W: 9 7/8"

Credit LineMuseum Purchase

Object number1941-242

DescriptionThe lower margin reads: "June./ 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 June, 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. In this print for June, a young woman walks outdoors, having just picked a flower, possibly a rose. In the background, men and women harvest wheat.Inscription(s)Upper right: "94"ProvenanceBefore 1941, Bland Gallery, Inc. (New York, NY); 1941-present, purchased by the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation (Williamsburg, VA).