Morning [graphic]

Description

Title: Morning [graphic]
Creator: Burford, Thomas, approximately 1710-approximately 1779, printmaker
Contributor: Lancret, Nicolas, 1690-1743, artist.
John Bowles & Son, publisher.
Published / Created: [between 1752 and 1764]
Publication Place: London
Publisher: Sold by I. Bowles & Son at the Black Horse in Cornhil [sic]
Abstract: "A cleric taking tea with a young woman in morning dress, who sits on a sofa pouring the tea for him, while a maid stands on the left holding a piece of lace ready to help dress her mistress; after Lancret; from a set of the four Times of Day."--British Museum online catalogue, description of an earlier state
Description: Title from item.
Later state with altered imprint statement. For an earlier state from 1741 with the publication line "Sold by I. Bowles at the Black Horse in Cornhill, London," see British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 2010,7081.2718.
Date of publication based on publisher's name in imprint; John Bowles partnered with his son Carington Bowles and traded as "John Bowles & Son" from approximately 1752 to 1764. See British Museum online catalogue.
Four lines of verse in two columns on either side of title: This early visit to the beauteous fair ...
One of four plates in an untitled series on the times of the day.
Provenance: Old Print Shop; December 1999;
Extent: 1 print : plate mark 25 x 35 cm, on sheet 27 x 37 cm
Language: English

Access: Public
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