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Blouzelind
Title
Blouzelind [graphic] / Mr. Bunbury delt. ; J. Bretherton fecit.
Publication
[London] : Publish'd 1 March 1781 by I. Bretherton, New Bond Street, [1 March 1781]
Physical Description
1 print : etching ; circular image 31.1 x 31 cm, on plate 43.7 x 34 cm, on sheet 55 x 36 cm
Medium
laid paper
Local Notes
Temporary local subject terms: Literature: Quotation from The shepherd's week, by John Gay, 1685-1732.
Notes
Title from caption below image.
Text below title: The peerless maid that did all maids excel. Gay.
Illustration for John Gay's poem 'The shepherd's week'.
Summary
A young woman is sitting at a spinning wheel, her staff and hat on the ground in front of her and a dog asleep beside her. She is putting on a bunch of flowers. In the distance is a man on horseback, a tower, and a hill.
Format
Images
Language
English
Added to Catalog
December 14, 2011
Genre/Form
Illustrations.
Etchings - England - London - 1781.
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