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Maker(s):Bigg, W. R.
Culture:English
Title:Black Monday or the Departure for School
Date Made:1790
Type:Print
Materials:paper, ink
Place Made:United Kingdom; England; London
Measurements:Mat: 26 x 19 in; 66 x 48.3 cm; Sight: 22 1/2 x 16 in; 57.1 x 40.6 cm
Accession Number:  HD 54.188.4
Credit Line:Gift of J.A. Lloyd Hyde
Museum Collection:  Historic Deerfield
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Description:
Mezzotint titled "Black Monday or the Departure for School", engraved by John Jones (1745-1797) after a painting by William Redmore Bigg (1755-1828). Plate produced in England; dated Dec. 1, 1790 This middle-class domestic scene features a woman supervising the tea table as the family is about to send a child off to boarding school. The orderly tea table symbolizes the stability and prosperity of the English family, with the woman in a traditional position of authority.

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