Infants and their Wooden Horse (no title)
Date1756
Engraver
John Faber Jr.
(1684 - 1756)
After work by
Philippe Mercier
(1689 - 1760)
Publisher
Robert Sayer (1725-1794)
Publisher
R. Withy
OriginEngland, London
MediumBlack and white mezzotint engraving
DimensionsOH: 11 5/8" x OW: 13 5/8"; Plate H: 10 7/8" x W: 13"
Credit LineMuseum Purchase
Object number1952-96
DescriptionThe lower margin reads: "Ph. Mercier pinx.t/ J. Faber fecit./ Smit with the Pleasure of the coming Course,/ How pleas'd Infants mount their Wooden Horse,/ No Train-Band Collonel on a Muster Day,/ Strides his grave Nag with greater Joy than they/ Active in Thought o'er Hills & Dales they bound,/ And fly in Fancy o'er the beaten Ground;/ Yet grieve to find (their short Excurtion done)/ Their active Hobby not an Inch has run./ So wishing Fools in Thought assume the King,/ And mount to Power on Fancy's flutt'ring Wing,/ Yet find when waken'd from their Golden Trance/ Unchang'd their Meagre State & All their Power/ Romance./ Printed for Rob.t Sayer, In.o Ryall and Rob.t Withy in Fleet Street, 1756."Label TextA little boy with a whip in hand stands behind a little girl on a highly decorated wooden horse. The girl carries a banner in her hand. In the background is a castle.
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