A young woman is using a spinning wheel under a tree with a spindle and shuttle. Engraving by Saunders after Woolley.

  • Woolley, W., 1750-1800.
Date:
1790-1799
Reference:
29957i
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Subject of a poem by Isaac Watts, in series "The inscriptions on several small French pictures translated": French labels on picture-frames or lettering on French engravings?

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[London?] : [publisher not identified]

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1 print : engraving ; image 9 x 7 cm

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Amaryllis spinning. O what a pretty spinners here! How sweet her looks, how clean her linen, If love and youth came both to see her, Youth would at once set Love a spinning. Watts. Woolley pinxt. Saunders sculpt.

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Wellcome Collection 29957i

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