Noon [graphic] / Lancret pinx. ; I. Simon fecit 1741.

Published/Created:

[London]
Printed for John Bowles & Son at the Black Horse in Cornhil [sic]
[1741]

Physical Description:

1 print : mezzotint, on laid paper ; plate mark 25.3 x 35.1 cm, on sheet 27 x 37 cm

Notes:

Title from item.
Four lines of verse in two columns on either side of title, begins: Boast not my power (thus Cupid seems to say) ...
One of four plates in an untitled series on the times of the day.
Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
Old Print Shop; December 1999; Acquisitions no.: 999-12-13-2.
Watermark: Strasburg bend.

Abstract:

Three young ladies in the open air among trees grouped on the left, one holding flowers and two holding fans, with a young man who looks at a cupid on a fountain with a sundial.

Associated Names:

Simon, John, approximately 1675-1751 [Printmaker]
Bowles, John, 1701-1779 [Publisher]
Lancret, Nicolas, 1690-1743 [Artist]

Topics:

Couples
Cupids
Fans (Accessories)
Fountains
Women

Language:

English

Genre:

Allegorical prints
Mezzotints -- England -- London -- 1741
Watermarks (Paper)

Format:

Image

Content Type:

Prints & Photographs

Rights:

These images are provided for study purposes only. For publication or other use of images from the Library's collection, please contact the Lewis Walpole Library at walpole@yale.edu. Further details on the Library's photoduplication policy are available at http://www.library.yale.edu/walpole/html/research/rights_reproductions.html

Call Number:

741.00.00.16+

Orbis Record:

8828513

Yale Collection:

Lewis Walpole Library

Digital Collection:

Lewis Walpole Library

Local Record Number:

lwlpr01003

Volume/Enumeration:

Digital version

OID:

10700393

PID:

digcoll:549596