Autumn

Date1760-1765

After work by Robert Pyle

Engraver James Watson

Publisher Carington Bowles 1724 - 1793

OriginEngland, London

MediumBlack and white mezzotint engraving; mounted on cardboard

DimensionsOH: 14 7/8" x OW: 11 1/2"

Credit LineMuseum Purchase

Object number1947-477,3

DescriptionLower margin reads: "R. Pyle Pinx.t/ Ja..s Watson fecit/ Now purple Clusters fromt he spreading Vine, / Fair Autumn culls to quaft at Bacchus' Shrines; / The peach and Nectarine of Lucious Taste, / Are pluck'd to decorate the rich Repast.. Autumn/ Printed for Carington Bowles next the Chapter House in S.t Pauls Church Yard London."

Label TextOne of a set of four prints depicting the seasons. A lovely young woman appears in the pose of harvesting grapes. She wears a large hat over her cap, a low cut dress wth a flowing mantle. She holds a bunch of grapes in one hand, a staff with a basket of fruit in the other.ProvenanceBefore 1947, Cecil A. Halliday (Oxford, England); 1947-present, purchased by the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation (Williamsburg, VA).