In a pleasant shaded setting, a fashionable young woman in a large hat sits on a bench under a large tree; she looks to left, lost in thought. In her left hand is a small book titled "Hervey's Medita."
Description:
Title etched between two columns of verse., Verse in two columns, two lines each: Such are the charms that flush the cheek, And sprakle in the eye, So from the lovely finish'd form, The transient graces fly., Number '173' appears in lower right corner of plate., and Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
Publisher:
Printed for R. Sayer, print-seller, No. 53, Fleet Street, as the act directs
Subject (Topic):
Benches, Hats, Outdoor furniture, Trees, and Young women
"A companion print to BMSat 7797. Three stout and elderly men sit at a small round table in a small enclosure immediately outside a house (right), and bounded by a high wall with a spiked gate. One (left) sleeps, his hat and wig on the ground beside him, the other two are smoking and are about to drink a toast, as is a man who stands (right) supported on a stick. A fifth man (left) walks off in back view."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title from caption etched below image., Publisher's advertisement following imprint: where may be seen the completest collection of caricatures &c. Admittance 1 shill., and Companion print to: Dry souls.
Publisher:
Pub. Dec. 20, 1790, by S.W. Fores, N. 3 Piccadilly
