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Print made by James Watson, 1740–1790, British, Summer, undated
- Title:
Summer
- Date:
- undated
- Medium:
- Mezzotint on medium, moderately textured, beige laid paper
- Dimensions:
- Sheet: 15 1/2 × 11 1/4 inches (39.4 × 28.6 cm), Plate: 13 15/16 × 9 15/16 inches (35.4 × 25.2 cm), Image: 12 7/16 × 9 15/16 inches (31.6 × 25.2 cm)
- Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed on verso in graphite, lower center: "#25"
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Lettered, lower left: "R. Pyle Pinxt. | Her ripening Summer all her Charms displays, | And bids the Farmer hope successful Days."; lettered, lower right: "Ja. Watson fecit. | Who from his Rural Cott, each azure Morn, With pleasure views, his Fields of yellow Corn."; lettered, lower center: "Summer. | Printed for Carington Bowles next the Chapter House in St. Pauls Church Yard London.
- Credit Line:
- Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
- Copyright Status:
- Public Domain
- Accession Number:
- B1970.3.1286
- Classification:
- Prints
- Collection:
- Prints and Drawings
- Access:
- Accessible by appointment in the Study Room [Request]
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- https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:23134
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