Shepherdess [graphic]Houston, Richard, 1721?-1775, printmaker[between 1720 and 1756]eng"A young lady, three-quarter length, seated facing front, turned a little to left, head tilted over right shoulder, holding the end of a garland of flowers up in right hand, the other end resting under left hand in her lap, a crook across her lap and a lamb at her feet to left."--British Museum online catalogueTitle from text below image.State from: Smith, J.C. British mezzotinto portraits.Date of publication from the British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 1948,0410.345.Sheet trimmed within plate mark."As harmless as a turtle of the woods, fair as the summer beauty of the fields, as opining flowers untainted yet in the winds, the pride of nature and the joy of sense."--Written in two columns and two lines on either side of the title."Miss Pickering" written in pencil below print by previous owner.