October.

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 number1941-246

DescriptionThe lower margin reads: October./ Publish'd according to Act of Parliament Jan.y 1767./ LONDON, Printed for ROB.T SAYER, at N.o 53 in Fleet Street."Label TextThis print, depicting the month of October 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 October print depicts the coming of fall and huting season. A young woman has just returned from a hunt, as a groom or fellow hunter on horseback can be seen leading another saddled horse away. She is attired in ridinghabit, with a large hat with feather. She holds a riding crop in one hand which has a dead rabbit on the end. The other hand she holds out to pet the dog.Inscription(s)Upper right: "98"ProvenanceBefore 1941, Bland Gallery, Inc. (New York, NY); 1941-present, purchased by the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation (Williamsburg, VA).