September.

Date1767

Publisher Robert Sayer (1725-1794)

MediumHand-colored mezzotint engraving

DimensionsOH: 14 5/8" x OW: 10 3/4"; Plate H: 14" x W: 9 7/8"

Credit LineMuseum Purchase

Object number1941-245

DescriptionThe lower margin reads: "September./ Publish'd according to Act of Parliament, Jan.y 2, 1767./ LONDON, Printed for ROB.T SAYER, at N.o 53 in Fleet Street."
Label TextThis print, depicting the month of September 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. In the September print, the fall harvest has come and she holds a large bunch of grapes in one hand, is about to place them in a basket on a table beside her, which also contains other fruit. In her other hand she holds a staff intertwined with vines.
InscribedUpper right: "97"