Useful Amusement
Seated in an interior, a fashionably-dressed young woman works at an embroidery frame. A small bird perches on the latter and a dog lies on a stool at her feet. A music box and bird cage are shown on a table below the window at left, and a lidded pot and Chinese figure stand on a cupboard at right. This is a variation of a mezzotint published by Henry Parker in London, in 1770 (see impression at the British Museum), and image that does not include the dog, bird or Chinese figure.
Artwork Details
- Title: Useful Amusement
- Engraver: Anonymous, British, 18th century
- Artist: After Jean-Baptiste Le Prince (French, Metz 1734–1781 Saint-Denis-du-Port)
- Date: 1770–90
- Medium: Hand-colored mezzotint
- Dimensions: sheet: 12 15/16 x 9 7/8 in. (32.9 x 25.1 cm)
- Classification: Prints
- Credit Line: Purchase, Harry G. Friedman Bequest, 1967
- Object Number: 67.539.95
- Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints
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