'The Farmer's Visit to his Married Daughter in Town'', after George Morland
William Bond (fl.1772 - 1827)
Category
Art / Prints
Date
Unknown
Materials
paper and giltwood
Measurements
470 mm (H)420 mm (W)
Order this imageCollection
Polesden Lacey, Surrey
NT 1246624.1
Summary
A hand-coloured stipple, printed in colour by William Bond, after George Morland titled, 'The Farmer's Visit to his Married Daughter in Town'. One of a pair.
Full description
A young woman is passing papers to her father at which he looks with dismay, seated at right with glass in hand; her husband sitting beside him at a table, their daughter is playing with a dead hare in the left foreground, watched by a dog sitting under the farmer's chair. London published 1st May 1780 by W Dickinson, Engraver, Bond Street,
Provenance
The bequest of Margaret (Anderson) McEwan, The Hon. Mrs Ronald - later Dame Margaret - Henry Fulke Greville, DBE (1863-1942) from probate records linked with the donation of the property to the National Trust in 1943. This item found on the record for Polesden Lacey pictures, drawings etc., Mrs Greville's Bedroom, page 140.
Marks and inscriptions
Morland pinx / W. Bond sculp / THE FARMERS VISIT / to his married Daughter / IN TOWN. (printed on front)
Makers and roles
William Bond (fl.1772 - 1827), engraver (printmaker) George Morland (London 1763 – London 1804), original artist