THE FLEMISH AMUSEMENT
Date1771
After work by
Carl August Kraus
Publisher
Robert Sayer (1725-1794)
Maker
James Wilson
1760 - 1780 fl. ca.
OriginEngland, London
MediumHand colored mezzotint
DimensionsOther (Plate): 14 × 9 7/8in. (35.6 × 25.1cm)
Credit LineMuseum Purchase
Object number1950-718
DescriptionThe lower margin reads: "A. Krause pinx.t/ Wilson Fecit/ The Boorish family invent/ FLEMISH AMUSEMENT./ Contrivances for Merriment./ London Printed for Rob.t Sayer N.o 44 in Fleet Street, Published as the Act directs 1.st February 1771"ProvenanceBefore 1950, the Old Print Shop (New York, NY); 1950-present, purchased by the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation (Williamsburg, VA).
