Mamma Giving Toys.
Date1760-1765
Publisher
John Bowles and Son
(fl. 1754 - ca. 1764)
Engraver
Edward Fisher
(1722 - 1782)
After work by
Charles Domenique Joseph Eisen
OriginEngland, London
MediumBlack and white mezzotint engraving with period hand color
DimensionsOH: 14 1/8" x OW: 10 1/8"; Plate H: 13 3/4" x W: 9 7/8"
Credit LineMuseum Purchase
Object number1952-236
DescriptionThe lower margin reads: "Mamma/ Giving Toys./ C. Eisen Pinx.t/ E. Fisher fecit./ Not Children only take Deligh/ In Trifles when expos'd to View/ With equal Gust in riper Life/ Mortals as very Joys persue./ Printed for John Bowles & Son at the Black Horse in Cornhil."ProvenanceUnknown.
May 20, 1834
April 21, 1795
ca. 1849
ca. 1840
1770-1800
c.1760
1989
1785 (dated)