July.

Date1767

Publisher Robert Sayer (1725-1794)

MediumHand-colored mezzotint engraving

DimensionsOH: 14 5/8" x OW: 10 3/4"; Plate H: 14" x W: 9 7/8"

Credit LineMuseum Purchase

Object number1941-243

DescriptionThe lower margin reads: "July./ 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 July, 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 print for July shows a summer shooting scene.A young woman stands in a field, holding a dead bird while her interested lap dog jumps on her leg. In the distance, a man can be seen shooting to the rear, and his dog is pointing towards a covey of rising birds.Inscription(s)Upper right: "95"ProvenanceBefore 1941, Bland Gallery, Inc. (New York, NY); 1941-present, purchased by the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation (Williamsburg, VA).