January and May [graphic]

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Title: January and May [graphic]
Creator: Grignion, Charles, 1721-1810, printmaker
Contributor: Collet, John, 1725?-1780, artist.
Sayer, Robert, 1725-1794, publisher.
Smith, J. active approximately 1750-1792, publisher.
Published / Created: 16 April 1771.
Publication Place: London
Publisher: Printed for Robt. Sayer, 53 Fleet Street, & J. Smith, No. 35 Cheapside, as the act directs
Abstract: In an elegant sitting room, an older man bows before a beatiful young woman who holds a squirrel in her hand as a handsome young man looks on the scene from the door. A painting of Spring hangs on the wall behind her; a painting of Winter hangs on the wall above the old man's head
Description: Title from item.
Temporary local subject terms: Macaronies -- Male dress: furred overcoat -- Domestic service: footman -- Furnishings: pet house -- Picture hanging hooks -- Pictures amplifying subject -- Carpet -- Furniture: loveseat with embroidered upholstery.
Mounted; restrike on acidic paper.
Provenance: Print Room; March 1998 ;
Extent: 1 print : plate mark 35.2 x 25.5 cm, on sheet 37 x 27 cm
Language: English

Genre: Satires (Visual works) England 1771
Etchings England London 1771
Material: etching and engraving ; and wove paper.
Resource Type: still image
Subject (Topic): Muffs
Servants
Pets
Squirrels
Floor coverings
Subjects: Muffs
Servants
Pets
Squirrels
Floor coverings
England > 1771
England > London > 1771

Access: Public
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