Jockey and Jenny [graphic].

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Title: Jockey and Jenny [graphic].
Contributor: Bowles, Carington, 1724-1793, publisher.
Published / Created: publish'd as the act directs [not before 1782]
Publication Place: London
Publisher: Printed for & sold by Carington Bowles, at No. 69 in St. Pauls Church Yard, London
Abstract: A young woman (Sally) works at her spinning-wheel in front of a farm building. With her left hand, she pushes away an elegantly clad young man (Squire) who is bowing to her. Next to his feet, a mother hen and chickens drink from a flat bowl; in the background across the road is a church
Description: Title from caption below image.
Publication date from British Museum catalogue.
Plate numbered in lowere left corner: '485'.
Below the title are four verses "From the favourite Scotch Air in the Overture to Thomas and Sally," beginning with "Till bolder grown so close he press'd ..."
Description based on imperfect impression; sheet trimmed to plate mark and publication date erased.
No. 3 in a bound in a collection of 69 prints with a manuscript title page: A collection of drolleries.
Bound in half red morocco with marbled paper boards and spine title "Facetious" in gold lettering.
1 print : mezzotint on laid paper ; plate mark 35.4 x 25.3 cm, on sheet 38.5 x 27.4 cm.
Provenance: From the H.J. Peters sale, Sotheby's, lot 230; December 1960;
Extent: 1 print : sheet 36 x 26 cm
Language: English

Genre: Genre prints England 1782
Mezzotints England London 1783
Material: mezzotint, hand-colored ;
Subject (Geographic): England
Subject (Topic): Birdhouses
Couples
Chickens
Churches
Clothing & dress
Dwellings
Spinning wheels
Subjects: Birdhouses
Couples
Chickens
Churches
Clothing & dress > England > 1780-1790
Dwellings
Spinning wheels
England > 1782
England > London > 1783

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