Paintings, Prints & Drawings — 1752
The Country diversion of leap-frog
This engraving is derived from a painting which furnished one of 50 supper box pictures at Spring Gardens, Vauxhall. The supper box was an ornate wooden shelter formed of two side walls and a roof, framing picturesque views through the Gardens, where guests could take supper. The artist Francis Hayman was commissioned to paint entertainment scenes Here he selected `children's games' and specifically leap frog which appeared in box 28 on the eastern range of boxes.
The location of the original painting is unknown. This engraving first appeared in the New Universal Magazine between 1752-4. The series in this journal is of coarser quality than previous engravings.
- Category:
- Paintings, Prints & Drawings
- Object ID:
- A14442
- Object name:
- The Country diversion of leap-frog
- Artist/Maker:
- Cole, Benjamin, Sayer, Robert
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- Production date:
- 1752
- Material:
- paper, ink
- Measurements/duration:
- H 200 mm, W 287 mm (paper), H 243 mm, W 357 mm (paper support)
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- Record quality:
- 60%
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- Copyright holder:
- digital image © London Museum
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