John Collet 1725-80

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	"John Collet's popular studies (above and facing) stress the unladylike nature of some ladies' activities"

Courtesy of the Print Collection, Lewis Walpole Library, Yale University

1779

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From the Original Picture by John Collett in the possession of Carington Bowles. Printed for & Sold by Carington Bowles, at his Map & Print Warehouse, No. 69 in St. Pauls Church Yard, London. Publish'd as the Act directs (erased)

Four young ladies in pleated gowns and hats bowl outside a country inn, one just releasing the ball at a set of ninepins. At the other end of the alley, a little girl is ready to set up more pins. Two young ladies stand together on the left beyond the bowler, one offering the other a bowl of snacks. In the center background, another lady leans over a table with wine bottle and glass and blows the foam off a large cannister of beer she holds in her hands. A spaniel watches the bowling from beneath the table. On a large tree in the background, a tally board, halved by a chalk line, shows the marks of two teams. A ball, a tipped pin, and a clay pipe with broken stem lie in the foreground. Surviving impressions includes the date "2 Feb 1779."

33x 25 cm.
Yale Center for British Art (no date, B1970.3.773)
13.7 x 11 cm.
Lewis Walpole Library (numbered 290, no date, 778.1.1.5)