Hyde Park, near Kensington Palace: ladies and children drinking from a spring and eating a picnic. Engraving by J. Godby, 1802, after Mary Spilsbury.

  • Spilsbury, Mary, 1777-1823.
Date:
3 July 1802
Reference:
25345i
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The central pair of figures seem to be engaged in a transaction. The wealthy young mother is giving the older woman a coin and accepting a glass of water

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London (19 Howland Street, Fitzroy Square) : John Murphy, 3 July 1802.

Physical description

1 print : engraving, stipple ; 45.5 x 61.2 cm

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The drinking well in Hyde Park. ; Mary Spilsbury pinxit. ; J. Murphy exudit. 1802. ; James Godby sculp.

Reference

Wellcome Collection 25345i

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