Domestick amusement. The fair seamstress [graphic]

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Title: Domestick amusement. The fair seamstress [graphic]
Alternative Title: Domestic amusement
Fair seamstress
Creator: Watson, James, 1740-1790, printmaker
Contributor: Heilmann, Johann Kaspar, 1718-1760, artist.
Bowles, Carington, 1724-1793, publisher.
Bowles, John, 1701-1779, publisher.
Published / Created: [1764]
Publication Place: London
Publisher: Printed for John Bowles at the Black Horse in Cornhil, and Carington Bowles in St. Paul's Church Yard, London
Abstract: "A young woman sitting directed to left in a wicker-backed chair in a panelled room, wearing a gown with frills at the elbows and a mob-cap, sewing; with a ribbon box and pin cushion on a small table to left; after Heilmann."--British Museum online catalogue
Description: Title from caption etched below image.
Date from unverified card catalog.
Sheet trimmed to plate mark.
Companion print to: Domestick amusement. The lovely spinner.
Provenance: Print Shop; November 1958;
Extent: 1 print : plate mark 352 x 251 mm
Language: English

Genre: Genre prints
Mezzotints England London 1764
Material: mezzotint ; and laid paper hand-colored.
Resource Type: still image
Subject (Topic): Boudoirs
Chairs
Interiors
Sewing
Sewing equipment & supplies
Young adults
Subjects: Boudoirs
Chairs
Interiors
Sewing
Sewing equipment & supplies
Young adults
England > London > 1764

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