FEBRUARY. FEVRIER.

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: 11"; Plate H: 13 7/8" x W: 9 7/8"

Credit LineMuseum Purchase

Object number1972-177,2

DescriptionThe lower margin reads: "FEBRUARY./ FEVRIER./ R. Dighton del./ Printed for & Sold by Carington Bowles,/ N.o 69 in S.t Pauls Church Yard, London./ Published as the Act directs, 527"
Label TextThis print, representing the month of February, 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 fashionably dressed young woman sits in front of a fireplace playing an English guitar. Through a window behind her, farmers are plowing a field in a wintery landscape. The room suggests an elegant interior with a marble fire surround, mantel, frieze, grate, and screen all in the latest neoclassical taste. A tassled pull hangs down on the right side of the fireplace, suggesting a bell for servants.