Author: Jones, John .(1745–1797) engraver after William Redmore Bigg, (1755–1828)
Title: Black Monday or the Departure for School. First Edition of the Mezzotint.
Description: London: W.B. Bigg, 1790. Handcolored mezzotint 48 x 56cm. on laid paper. Plagtemark. 54.2 x 65.5cm. sheet size. Group of figures in interior; upset boy being consoled by his mother, seated at left beside window and tea table, and who presses money into his hand; young woman indicating girl, bringing forward a cake and basket of fruit for him; at right, servant lifting the trunk, being watched by an older woman and boy; before completion of production caption. 1 December 1790.nscription type: inscription Inscription content: Lettered with title and production and publication detail, below image: "Painted by W.R. Bigg A.", "Engraved by John Jones" and "Pubd as the act directs. Decr. ye 1st, 1790 by W. R. Bigg No.11 Tavistock Row Covent Garden..References: British Museum no. 871,1209.211; Yale Center for British Art, Accession Number: B2018.1. .

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