Summer

DateCa. 1760

Artist/Maker Johnson

Publisher Robert Sayer (1725-1794)

Publisher Henry Overton

OriginEngland, London

MediumMezzotint with line engraving

DimensionsOH: 14 1/4" x OW: 10 1/2"

Credit LineMuseum Purchase

Object number1961-171,2

DescriptionLower margin reads: "Summer advances with a sober Look,/ Sheaf in her Arm, & in her Hand a Crock./ The ripen'd Corn must by the Sickle fall,/ For tis the Harvest that enriches all./ Summer./ Printed for & Sold by Henry overton at the White Horse without Newgate, and Rob.t Sayer at the Golden Buck opposite Fetter Lane, Fleet Street."
Label TextOne of a set of four prints representing the seasons. A beautiful young woman is shown in the field harvesting grain. She holds a sheaf under one arm, and a scyth in her hand. In the background two figures are harvesting wheat in front of a farm house.