August.

DateJanuary 2, 1767

Publisher Robert Sayer 1725 - 1794

MediumHand-colored mezzotint engraving

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

Credit LineMuseum Purchase

Object number1941-244

DescriptionThe lower margin reads: "August./ 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 August 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 August print shows a young woman having just caught a fish. She has a line in hand with a fish on the end. Beside her is a basket filled with fresh-caught fish. Another figure can be seen fishing on the opposite side of the stream.Inscription(s)Upper right: "96"ProvenanceBefore 1941, Bland Gallery, Inc. (New York, NY); 1941-present, purchased by the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation (Williamsburg, VA).