[Pastoral scene with couple] [art original].Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827, artist[1784?]zxx"Rustic scene; a swain sitting on a stone block, playing the flute to a young, barefoot woman who stands in front of him, looking up at him and leaning back against his right leg, a dog at her feet at left; behind at left, the outer wall of an overgrown stone edifice, trees beyond."--British Museum online catalogue, description of a print of the same compositionTitle devised by curator.Title given by Grego for a print of the same composition: Rest from labour on sunny days.Attributed to Rowlandson by curator.Possibly a study for a print of the same composition that is signed "Rowlandson 1784." Cf. British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 1852,0214.165.Cf. Grego, J. Rowlandson the caricaturist, v. 1, page 150.Watermark: J. Whatman.Formerly mounted on leaf 86 of volume 1 of 14 volumes.