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Inscribed in graphite, on back, lower left: "P2816/12"

Lettered, lower left: "W. Hamilton R. A. Pinxt"; lettered, lower right: "F. Bartolozzi R.A. Sculp.t"; lettered, lower left: "Joyous th'impatient husmandman percieves, | Relenting nature, and his lusty steers, | Drives from their stalls, to where the well us'd plough, | Lies in the furrow, loosen'd, from the frost, | There, unrefusing, to the harness'd yoke;"; lettered, lower center: "FEBRUARY. | London, Publish'd Oct.r 1.st 1793, by Tho.s Macklin, Poets Gallery, Fleet Street."; lettered, lower right: "They lend their shoulder, and begin their toil, | While through the neighbouring field the sower stalks, | With measured step; and liberal throws the grain, | Into the faithful bosom of the ground, | The harrow follows harsh, and shuts the scene. | Vide. Thomsons Spring."