Summer
Date1758
After work by
N. Lancret
Publisher
Thomas Burford
(ca. 1710 - ca. 1770)
Engraver
T. Simon
OriginEngland, London
MediumMezzotint with period color and line engraving
DimensionsOH: 10 7/8" x OW: 15"
Credit LineMuseum Purchase
Object number1973-99,1
DescriptionLower margin reads: "N. Lancret pinxit./ T. Simon fecit/ The Reapers Labour through the Field pursu'd/ Reveals to fight the Parting callow Brood; In vain their Anxious Mother flutters by/ For Phillis will the place of nurse supply./ Summer./ T. Burford Ex. 1758"
1758
1826-1840
March 7, 1803 (dated)
1824-1828 (range of the entires in the album).
August, 1833 (dated)
