"A young woman shown half-length to right with her back to the viewer, wearing a spotted neckerchief and a straw hat over her cap, looking over her shoulder towards the viewer, holding a basket over her arm and holding up three fruits; in an oval."--British Museum online catalogue, description of a later state
Description:
Title from text below image., For a later state bearing the imprint of Bowles & Carver, see British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 2010,7081.1688., and Plate numbered "372" in lower left corner.
Publisher:
Printed for & sold by Carrington Bowles, No. 69 St. Pauls Church Yard, London
Subject (Topic):
Young adults, Women, Baskets, Fruit, Peddlers, and Food vendors
"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
Alternative Title:
Domestic amusement and Fair seamstress
Description:
Title from caption etched below image., Date from unverified card catalog., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., and Companion print to: Domestick amusement. The lovely spinner.
Publisher:
Printed for John Bowles at the Black Horse in Cornhil, and Carington Bowles in St. Paul's Church Yard, London
Subject (Topic):
Boudoirs, Chairs, Interiors, Sewing, Sewing equipment & supplies, and Young adults
A young woman seated in a caned armchair with cushions, directed to right, wearing a frilled cap, a dark apron over her gown with long sleeves and ruffles at the elbow, spinning and glancing at the viewer; a fireplace with a work bag hanging a fire screen in front of it, to the right; an urn on the mantel piece with a mirror on the wall, curtains behind on right and left; after Heilmann
Alternative Title:
Domestic amusement and Lovely spinner
Description:
Title from caption etched below image., Date from unverified card catalog., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., Companion print to: Domestick amusement. The fair seamstress., and Watermark.
Publisher:
Printed for Robt. Sayer, map & printseller, at the Golden Buck near Serjeants Inn, Fleet Street
Subject (Topic):
Chairs, Fireplaces, Interiors, Mirrors, Purses, Sewing equipment & supplies, Spinning, Spinning apparatus, and Young adults
In an oval frame, a young woman with long hair and pearls around her neck, feeds a bird from a straw as she leans over a shelf. Beside her is a basket with other little birds and on the right a potted blooming plant
Description:
Title from item., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., and Watermark.
Volume 2, page 21. Etchings by Henry William Bunbury, Esq. and after his designs.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"A young woman playing 'the ballad of Auld Robin Gray' on a harpsichord (inscribed with the maker's name Thomas Kirkman) with a dog standing at her feet, beside another is employed with needlework, a small boy leaning on her leg and reaching up towards her, a third girl stands at the back with a shuttle and thread in hand, an oval frame on the wall behind; oval design, after Bunbury."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., and Mounted on page 21 in volume 2 of: Etchings by Henry William Bunbury, Esq. and after his designs.
Publisher:
Publishd. June 14, 1784, by T. Macklin, No. 39 Fleet Street & C. White, Stafford Row, Pimlico
Subject (Topic):
Young adults, Children, Harpsichords, Needlework, and Sewing equipment & supplies
A young woman cradles a puppy in her arms as the dog's mother leans on her arm as it stands on the table beside the woman
Description:
Title etched below image., Alterations to the plate at bottom., Probably printed and published by Robert Sayer, 53 Fleet Street, London., and Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
A full-length view of a pretty young woman in rustic dress with a straw bonnet, braiding corn with a sheaf in her apron, the end of which is tucked into her waistband. She stands in the center of the image under a grove of trees, with a river in the background on the left and a thatched cottage in the background on the right. In front of the door of the cottage, a man in a farmer's smock relaxes in a chair and smoking a pipe and a mud on a small table at his elbow
Description:
Title etched below image., Illustration to ballad The Cottagers Daughter. Text of the ballad is printed below the image, in three columns., Text begins: Ah tell me ye swains have you seen my Pastora, O say have you met the sweet Numph in your way ..., Numbered '311' in lower left of plate., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., and Watermark.
Publisher:
Published 16th Decr. 1793, by Robt. Sayer & Co., Fleet Street, London
Subject (Topic):
Corn, Daughters, Dwellings, Farmers, Fathers, Handicraft, and Young adults
A young girl is picking flowers from a plant in an ornate vase standing on a low stool. She is wearing a wig decorated with pearls and a pearl choker. A young woman behind her, wearing a cape over her clothes, is tipping the girl's chin as if assessing her looks. On the right stands an ornate table partially covered with a fringed cloth, and with several decorative dishes on its top
Alternative Title:
Female florists
Description:
Title engraved below image., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., and Temporary local subject terms: Female dress, 1773 -- Plants: potted plants -- Containers: vases.
One of two young women walking in the park holds a letter in her right hand, her left hand on her check. The other woman looks at her with a sympathetic gaze. In the background on the left is a house, on the right a bench
Description:
Title engraved below image. and Number '186' lower left corner of plate.
Publisher:
Publish'd as the act directs Feby. 10, 1787 by R. Sayer, Printseller, No. 53 Fleet Street
Subject (Geographic):
England
Subject (Topic):
Courtship, Parks, Benches, Women, and Young adults
A young woman sits on the bank of a small river, under a tree with a book in her hands and gazes into the distance. Sun rays break through the clouds above a small house in the distance on the left
Description:
Title from item. and Number '176' in lower left corner of plate.
Publisher:
Printed for Robert Sayer, Print, Map and Chartseller, No. 53 Fleet Street
