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Direct scan of object
Summer
Direct scan of object

Summer

Date1755-1765
Engraver C. Corbutt
After work by Robert Pyle
Publisher Robert Sayer (1725-1794)
MediumMezzotint and line engraving with period color
DimensionsPlate: OH: 14" x OW: 10" (trimmed to plate)
Credit LineMuseum Purchase
Object number1962-283,2
DescriptionLower margin reads: "R. Pyle, Pinx.t/ Cha.s Corbutt Fecit./ Summer./ London; printed for & Sold by Rob.t Sayer; Map & Printseller; at the Golden buck; near Serjeants Inn, Fleetstreet."
Label TextA young woman in light summer attire is shown in a wheat field. She wears a sigh-net type cape and large straw hat. She holds a sheaf of wheat in her hands. A scyth lies on the ground behind her and a tombourine hanges form teh branch of a tree.