Burford, Thomas, approximately 1710-approximately 1779, printmaker
Published / Created:
[1741]
Call Number:
741.00.00.18+
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Five women bathing at night in a pool below rocks and trees, one sitting on the shore in the foreground, gesturing towards one standing in the water on the left, while three others are gathered around a small boat; 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 "Printed for John Bowles at the Black Horse, in Cornhill, London," see British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 2010,7081.2717., 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: By the moon's friendly shade, i'th' limpid stream ..., and One of four plates in an untitled series on the times of the day.
Publisher:
Printed for John Bowles & Son at the Black Horse in Cornhil [sic]