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Autumn
Direct scan of object

Autumn

DateCa. 1760
Artist/Maker Johnson
Publisher Robert Sayer (1725-1794)
Publisher Henry Overton
MediumMezzotint with line engraving
DimensionsOH: 14 1/4" x OW: 10 1/2"
Credit LineMuseum Purchase
Object number1961-171,3
DescriptionLower margin reads: "Autumn, full-grown & burden'd with her fruit,/ Can ev'ry Palate with her Dainties suit,/ Whate'er the Garden what the Trees produce/ To please your Taste, you now may pick & chuse./ Autumn./ Printed for & Sold by Henry Overton, at the White Horse without Newgate, & Rob.t Sayer at the Golden Buck opposite Fetter Lane, Fleet Street."
Label TextOne out of four prints from a series representing the seasons. A lovely girl is shown holding a basket of fruit. In the background a man stands on the top of a ladder pulling fruit from a tree, and tossing it down to a woman who catches it in her apron, while another picks up from the ground.