Mamma Giving Toys.

Date1760-1765

Publisher John Bowles and Son fl. 1754 - ca. 1764

Engraver Edward Fisher 1722 - 1782

After work by Charles Domenique Joseph Eisen

OriginEngland, London

MediumBlack and white mezzotint engraving with period hand color

DimensionsOH: 14 1/8" x OW: 10 1/8"; Plate H: 13 3/4" x W: 9 7/8"

Credit LineMuseum Purchase

Object number1952-236

DescriptionThe lower margin reads: "Mamma/ Giving Toys./ C. Eisen Pinx.t/ E. Fisher fecit./ Not Children only take Deligh/ In Trifles when expos'd to View/ With equal Gust in riper Life/ Mortals as very Joys persue./ Printed for John Bowles & Son at the Black Horse in Cornhil."ProvenanceBefore 1952, the Old Print Shop (New York, NY); 1952-present, purchased by the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation (Williamsburg, VA).