Wishing a Happy New Year to Grand Papa

Date1745-1755

Engraver Richard Houston (1721-1775)

After work by Pierre-Charles Canot

OriginEngland, London

MediumMezzotint engraving with line engraving

DimensionsOther (Trimmed past the plate): 14 3/4 × 10in. (37.5 × 25.4cm)

Credit LineMuseum Purchase

Object number1941-250

DescriptionLower margin reads: "Canot pinx./ R. Houston fecit/ Wishing a Happy New Year to Grand Papa./ His second Offsprings Wish the Grandshire Hears, / And begs for them a happy length of years. / And that their Path through Lifes hard dangerous Road, / May prove much Kinder than his Footsteps Trod./ London Printed for John Bowles at the Black Horse in Cornhill"
Label TextIn this domestic scene, a mother or governess brings a little boy and girl to wish their grandfather a happy new year.

The verse reads:
"Wishing a Happy New Year to Grand Papa.
His second Offsprings Wish the Grandsire hears,
And begs for them a happy length of Years.
And that their Path through Lifes hard dangerous Road,
May prove much Kinder than his Footsteps Trod."

See 1964-474 for English version in color and 1964-469 for a French version.