Summer

Date1755-1765

Engraver C. Corbutt

After work by Robert Pyle

Publisher Robert Sayer (1725-1794)

OriginEngland, London

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.