September.
Date1767
Publisher
Robert Sayer
1725 - 1794
OriginEngland, London
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 number1941-245
DescriptionThe lower margin reads: "September./ 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 September 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 the September print, the fall harvest has come and she holds a large bunch of grapes in one hand, is about to place them in a basket on a table beside her, which also contains other fruit. In her other hand she holds a staff intertwined with vines.Inscription(s)Upper right: "97"ProvenanceBefore 1941, Bland Gallery, Inc. (New York, NY); 1941-present, purchased by the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation (Williamsburg, VA).
