JULY. JUILLET.

Dateca. 1780

After work by Robert Dighton (1752-1814)

Publisher Carington Bowles (1724 - 1793)

OriginEngland, London

MediumMezzotint engraving on laid paper

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

Credit LineMuseum Purchase

Object number1972-177,7

DescriptionThe lower margin reads: "JULY./ JUILLET./ R. Dighton del./ Printed for & Sold by Carington Bowles,/ N.o 69 in S.t Pauls Church Yard, London./ Published as the Act directs, 532"
Label TextThis print, representing the month of July, is part of a set of twelve prints representing the months of the year. Themed sets, such as this were popular throughout the eighteenth-century in England and America. A well-dressed woman sits on a bench in a large garden. Behind her are several garden follies including an urn, a circular temple and in the other direction an obelisk. The young lady has an umbrella open to shade her from the sun, and carries an open fan suggesting the warmth of the day.