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A visit to the grandmother

Title
A visit to the grandmother [graphic].
Edition
[2nd state, with faces reworked and rocker work visible in the background].
Publication
[London] : Published 1st Decr. 1789 by Robt. Sayer, 53 Fleet Street, London, [1 December 1789]
Physical Description
1 print : mezzotint ; plate mark 34.8 x 25 cm, on sheet 38 x 27 cm
Medium
wove paper
Notes
Title from item.
Plate reworked from the earlier state which also published by Sayer under the same title and on the same day.
Companion print: A visit to the grandfather.
Plate numbered '254' in lower left corner.
Summary
A woman visiting her grandmother with two children, standing on the right ready to take the little child the grandmother holds on her knee, while the child holds out a hat to receive a bird's nest offered by a young boy; a little truck lying in the foreground; corner of a building behind the figures and trees beyond. On the shelf to the left of the grandmother are two books and a pair of spectables.
Format
Images
Language
English
Added to Catalog
August 13, 2009
Genre/Form
Genre prints.
Mezzotints - England - London - 1789.
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