The Seasons

Robert Sayer 1725 - 1794

Summary

Four aquatint prints. The Seasons. Appropriate scene with seasonal verse below 'London, published as the Act directs, May 12th 1786 by Robert Sayer, Map, Chart and Print seller, No 53 Fleet Street'. Spring: Young man holding bird's nest, with his arm round young woman. Another woman kneeling, with garland of flower Sowers in backgroun. Summer: Young man and woman win boy and girl in cornfield. Reapers in background. Autumn: Man and woman, fashioably dressed, holding fruit. Two men with guns and dogs in background. Winter: Man in military dress with lady and girl walking beside frozen lake with skaters. Black and gilt frames