[Pastoral scene with couple] [graphic]Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827, printmaker[1784]eng"Rustic scene; a swain sitting on a stone block, playing the flute to a young, barefoot woman who stands in front of him, looking up at him and leaning back against his right leg, a dog at her feet at left; behind at left, the outer wall of an overgrown stone edifice, trees beyond."--British Museum online catalogueTitle devised by curator.Title given by Grego: Rest from labour on sunny days.Possibly a plate from Rowlandson's Imitations of modern drawings. See British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 1852,0214.165.Sheet trimmed within plate mark.1 print : etching and aquatint with stipple on laid paper, hand-colored ; sheet 22.2 x 15.9 cm.Formerly mounted on leaf 86 of volume 1 of 14 volumes.