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JUNE. JUIN.

Dateca. 1780

After work by Robert Dighton (1752-1814)

Publisher Carington Bowles (1724 - 1793)

OriginEngland, London

MediumMezzotint engraving on laid paper

DimensionsOH: 14 1/2" x OW: 10 7/8"; Plate H: 13 7/8" x W: 9 7/8"

Credit LineMuseum Purchase

Object number1972-177,6

DescriptionThe lower margin reads: "JUNE./ JUIN./ R. Dighton del./ Printed for & Sold by Carington Bowles,/ N.o 69 in S.t Pauls Church Yard, London./ Published as the Act directs, 531"
Label TextThis print, representing the month of June, 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 lovely young woman is shown standing in a garden, her arm resting on a pedestal which is topped with a large urn. Through an open gate guarded by a sphinx on the top a field being harvested is seen. A wagon and many workers are shown. The young lady is dressed in a riding habit with a whip. There is a lawn roller at her feet. Made of either iron or stone with a wrought-iron handle, the roller was used to even gravel walks and lawns in an effort to keep them smooth and well-groomed.