DECEMBER. DECEMBRE.

This print, representing the month of December, is part of a set of twelve prints representing the months of the year. Themed sets, such as this were popular throughout the eighteenth-century in England and America. A young woman sits at a table, her arm resting on an open book, playing cards scattered around, and two candles lite. She holds a snuffer in one hand, and pulls on the bell chain with her other to call a servant. The curtain at the window behind her is pulled, but one corner is pulled open revealing a moon. The table is covered with a cloth. There is a rug on the floor. Acat is asleep at the woman's feet. She is elegantly attired including a shawl to protect her from the winter's cold.
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