The Months
Mezzotint
c.1785 (made)
c.1785 (made)
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| Place of origin |
Mezzotint depicting a fashionably dressed lady representing one of the Months.
Object details
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| Object type | |
| Title | The Months (series title) |
| Materials and techniques | Mezzotint coloured by hand |
| Brief description | Robert Dighton (the elder). Hand-coloured mezzotint from a set of 12 representing 'The Months' with women appropriately attired and occupied for each month. London, c.1785 |
| Physical description | Mezzotint depicting a fashionably dressed lady representing one of the Months. |
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| Object history | The original drawings by Dighton for this set of engravings (E.702 to 713-1949) are also in the Museum collections, see E.33 to 44-1947. |
| Bibliographic reference | Victoria and Albert Museum, Department of Prints and Drawings and Department of Paintings, Accessions 1949, London: HMSO, 1961. |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | E.705-1949 |
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| Record created | June 30, 2009 |
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