Artistpossibly after
Samuel Hieronymus Grimm(Swiss, 1733–1794, active England)Swiss, 1733–1794, active England
Publisher
R. Sayer and J. Bennett(London, 1774/77–1784)London, 1774/77–1784
CultureEnglish
Titles
- What is this my Son Tom
Date1774
PlaceEngland
MediumMezzotint on laid paper
DimensionsPlate: 13 7/8 × 9 7/8 in. (35.2 × 25.1 cm)
Sheet: 14 3/16 × 10 in. (36 × 25.4 cm)
Sheet: 14 3/16 × 10 in. (36 × 25.4 cm)
Credit LineThe Bayou Bend Collection, museum purchase funded by Jack S. Blanton, Jr. in honor of William J. Hill
Object numberB.2015.7
Non exposé
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Department
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Provenance[Joel R. Bergquist Fine Arts, Nashville, Tennessee]; purchased by MFAH, 2014.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Recto: Inscribed in printed ink, below image, left: Our wise Forefathers would express / Ev'n Sensibility in Dress ; / The modern Race delight to Shew / What Folly in Excess can do :
Recto: Inscribed in printed ink, below image, center: What is this my Son Tom.
Recto: Inscribed in printed ink, below image, center bottom edge: London, Publishede by R. Sayer & J. Bennett No. 53 Fleet Street, As the Act directs 24 June 1774 .
Recto: Inscribed in printed ink, below image, right: The honest Farmer, come to Town, / Can scarce believe his Son his own / If thus the Taste continues Here, / What will it be another Year?
Recto: Inscribed in printed ink, below image, center: What is this my Son Tom.
Recto: Inscribed in printed ink, below image, center bottom edge: London, Publishede by R. Sayer & J. Bennett No. 53 Fleet Street, As the Act directs 24 June 1774 .
Recto: Inscribed in printed ink, below image, right: The honest Farmer, come to Town, / Can scarce believe his Son his own / If thus the Taste continues Here, / What will it be another Year?
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