Print Description
An allegory of the month July: three-quarter length portrait of a lady (seen from the side, facing the viewer), with flowers and fruit, a grainfield with chickens/birds in the left background.
Made by T.Burford after own design.
Medium: Handcoloured mezzotint engraving. on hand laid (verge) paper.
Sheet size: 23.7 x 34.9 cm (9.33 x 13.74 inch). Image size: 23.5 x 33.5 cm. (9.25 x 13.19 inch).
Condition: good, given age. Tear in the bottom right corner,restored. some paper damage in the lower left corner. Remains of paper tae on rear. General age-related toning and/or occasional minor defects from handling. Please study scan carefully.
LADY-JULY-FLOWER-FRUIT-FIELD-ALLEGORY | DPO-PCO-B1-22
BACKGROUND INFORMATION
From a series of Months of the Year, each treated similarly. Published 1745.
Biography engraver: Thomas Burford (1710-1774) was a painter and mezzotint engraver, active from 1741 to 1765. He was best known as an engraver of portraits.
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