L'ENFANCE. CHILDHOOD.
Date1775-1800
After work by
Philippe Mercier
1689 - 1760
Engraver
Simon Francois Ravenet
OriginEngland, London
MediumBlack and white line engraving with period hand color
DimensionsOH: 13 3/4" x OW: 9 1/2"
Credit LineMuseum Purchase
Object number1951-412
DescriptionThe lower margin reads: "L'ENFANCE. CHILDHOOD./ Ph. Mercier inv.t/ Ravenet Sculp.t/ Publish'd According to Act of Parliament."Label TextA Young girl is standing with her back to a table at left. She wears a blue hat with a plume, has light brown hair, wears a light red dress; holds a gray and brown cat under right arm and holds a doll with a yellow dress and blue front with a red ribbon around its neck and one on its cap in her left hand . Window at right overlooks a landscape with a large tree in the right foreground.ProvenanceBefore 1951, the Old Print Shop (New York, NY); 1951-present, purchased by the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation (Williamsburg, VA).
