Engraving showing women in appropriate dress with name of month and couplet below

Summary

Engraving show woman in appropriate dress with name of month and couplet below. 1) January. 'Wrapt in my hood and cloak, my hands in muff, and yet I scarce can keep me warm enough'. Background of skaters. 2) February. 'Blow the bleak northern winds with sleet and snow safe in my cloak I can defy them now'. Background of ploughing. 3) March. 'March rages furious both by sea and land breaks tallest trees and throws the ships astrand'. Background of shipwreck. 4) April. 'Nature reviv'd assumes a smiling face and the gay spring appears in verdant dress'. Holds flower pot. 5) May. 'Behold the maid all blooming fine and gay, so in her glory Nature drest in May'. Holds fan, background of garden. 6) June. 'Here the neat maid's prepared with nimble hand together tedded hay and raked the land'. Holds hay rake, background of hayfield. 7) July. 'Lightsome and airy robes the maid adorn and Julys dressed with flowr's a ripening corn'. Holds vase of flowers, background of cornfield. 8) August. 'The frisking fish now sport along the stream, devert the maid and yield her pleasant game'. Holds basket of fish, background of anglers. 9) September. 'The juicy grape and blooming peach is here to crown the labours of the fruitful year'. Eats fruit, background of garden. 10) October. 'Dressed for the sport see here the gallant dame, with hound and horn, to chace the fearful game'. 11) November. 'Cold blustering winds the bending forests shake and lurking springs sill woodcocks take'. Holds dead bird and small dog. 12) December. 'In dark December we ourselves amuse - with books the fireside a chattery news'. Sits in chair holding book.