A couple walk arm-in-arm as they gaze at each other. He, a dandy, carries a walking stick in one hand and a monocle in the other; he wears pants with wide bottoms and a large top hat. She wears a short dress with a large floral hem and a very large hat also decorated outlandishly with flowers
Alternative Title:
Fashions for summer
Description:
Title from caption above and below image. and Publication date from local card catalog record.
"Triple portrait of the daughters of William Montgomery as the Graces, Barbara kneeling to left, reaching with right hand into a basket of flowers on the ground, left hand holding the end of a wreath, Elizabeth, with right knee on a stool, reaching out right arm and looking to left towards her sister, holding the wreath up with left hand, Anne standing to right, holding the wreath over her head with both hands, looking to left, a statue of Hymen behind her to left, in a landscape with trees, opening to fields to left. "-- from similar print in British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title from caption below image., Date of publication from similar print from the British Museum online catalogue., Place of publication from printmaker's known place of activity., and Sheet trimmed within plate mark with possible loss of text.
Title from text above images., Four designs on one plate, each individually titled., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and Temporary local subject terms: Christmas.
Title from heading above image., Publication date inferred from date mentioned in caption., and Caption below image: The day is gone the night's our own then let us feast the soul if any pain or care remain why drown it in the bowl. Here's success to 1836.
Title from heading above design., Publication date from local card catalog record., Six designs on sheet, individually captioned: Short cut & pig-tail; Low life; A tobacco-box; Lease & counter-part; The managers last kick; High life., and On reverse side of sheet: Monstrosities of 1836.
Publisher:
publisher not identified and A. Ducôté's lithogy. 70 St. Martins Lane
Title from caption below image., Publication date from local card catalog record., and Caption continues: ... Vy none to be sure. Yes there is tho! wot is it then? Vy A tom-tit to be sure!!!
