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Print made by Francesco Bartolozzi, 1728–1815, Italian, active in Britain (1764–99), August, 1793

Creator:

Print made by Francesco Bartolozzi, 1728–1815
after William Hamilton, 1751–1801
Published by Thomas Macklin, active 1779–1793

Title:

August

Date:

1793

Medium:

Stipple engraving and etching, hand colored on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream wove paper

Dimensions:

Sheet: 16 1/4 x 13 1/4 inches (41.2 x 33.7 cm), Plate: 14 3/8 x 11 inches (36.5 x 28 cm), Image: 11 15/16 x 9 15/16 inches (30.4 x 25.3 cm)

Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:

Inscribed in graphite, on back, lower right: "P2816/12"

Lettered, black ink, center left along image: "W. Hamilton R.A. Pinx.t"; center right along image: "F. Bartolozzi R.A. Sculp.t"; lower left: "Soon as the Morning rambles o'er the sky, | And unperciev'd unfolds the spreading day; | Before the ripen'd field the Reapers stand, | In fair array; each by the lass he loves, | To bebar the rougher part, and mitigate, | By nameless gentle offices her toil."; lower center: "August. | London, Publish'd Aug.t 30.th 1793, by Tho.s Macklin, Poets Gallery, Fleet street."; lower right: "At once they stoop and swell the lusty shears; | While through their chearfull band the rural talk, | The rural scandal, and the rural jest, | Fly harmless, to deceive the tedius time, | And steal unfelt the sultry hours away. | Vide Thomsons Autum."

Credit Line:

Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

Copyright Status:

Public Domain

Accession Number:

B1977.14.11666

Classification:

Prints

Collection:

Prints and Drawings

Subject Terms:

Access:

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Link:

https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:50194

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