"Rural scene with two couples dancing on the left while a man pipes and plays a drum under a tree on the right, and another couple watch at a table in front of him, smoking and drinking; village in the background."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Shepherds holy day
Description:
Title engraved below image. and Four lines of verse in two columns below title: The month of May is now begun, and the sweet flowers are all in bloom; the nymphs and swains like lambs shall play, to welcome the shepherds holyday.
Publisher:
Published Oct. 24th, 1794, by John Fairburn, map, chart & printseller, No. 146 Minories, London
Subject (Topic):
Country life, Dancers, Dogs, Eating & drinking, Holidays, Shepherds, and Pipes (Smoking)
