Summer
Maker
(artist)
1756-1819
(engraver)
1749-1806
R. Morison & Son (publisher)
1756-1819
(engraver)
1749-1806
R. Morison & Son (publisher)
Title
Summer
Date of Production
8 January 1793
Dimensions
Height: 17.8 cm
Length: 21.8 cm
Length: 21.8 cm
Accession Number
G.1990.WL.3928
Mode of Acquisition
Witt Library, transfer, 1990
Credit
The Courtauld, London (Samuel Courtauld Trust)
Copyright
Work in the public domain
Location
Not currently on display
Keywords
branding
fold
Provenance
Information not yet known or updated
Inscriptions
Inscription: Recto: lower left margin, printed: "C. Caton Pinxt."; lower right margin, printed: "F. Chesham Sculpt."; lower centre margin, printed: "SUMMER. / Published as the Act directs by R. Morison & Son. Perth. January 8th 1793." lower centre, printed: "Meantime their joyous task goes on apace: / Some mingling stir the melted tar, and some / Deep on the new shorn vagrant's heaving side, / To stamp the master's cypher ready stand; / Others th' unwilling wether drag along; / And, glorying in his might, the sturdy boy / Holds by the twisted horns th' indignant ram."; lower centre margin, pen (later Witt inscription): "C. CATTON"
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