The woman sitting against a shoji screen, resting on one arm, sits in contemplation. The framework of the building highlights the same orange color in her kimono. There is a window in the print that shows a natural landscape. Other Japanese characters written in kanji and hiragana are dispersed around the print.
Four designs for frames, two vertical portrait frames above, one larger rectangular landscape frame below with a smaller round frame set within, decorated with neoclassical ornament and motifs. The moldings feature repeating patterns such as lamb’s tongue and gadrooning. The frames are topped with a shell, a trophy of arms and armor, a tied ribbon, and a roundel profile portrait flanked by lions,
A standing man seen from behind. He wears a hat with his long hair tied with a ribbon. He wears a jacket, cape, and breeches. He holds a long pole in his right hand and his left hand against his hip. In the background a landscape with trees and clouds are visible with flying putti and a nude woman or sculpture, with a sailboat in the distance. The plate is titled, signed, and numbered.
Design of a rocaille frame with scrolls, flowers, and ecclesiastical attributes, including cherub heads, a cross, a Bible, and a mitre. The plate is signed and numbered.
Page of ornament with a central oval depicting a scene of figures harvesting hay. The oval frame is comprised of leaves, grains, and wildflowers, and is surrounded by ornamental vines and scrolls. Below the oval is a mascaron with rays projecting out. The plate is signed.
Two plates printed on the same sheet, side by side. Both illustrating garden views featuring trellis/ lattice walls, niches, and arches with panels, finials, and other ornamental features. The left plate illustrates a gate with planting in the center and two figures near the open gate. The right plate illustrates a fountain with a circular basin and jet of water, planting, and figures throughout.
An urn stands upon a tripod and is decorated with ivy boughs and flower garlands. Framing line laterally. Bottom margin: John Edwards Invt & Sculpt; Published as the Art Directs Septr. 1st 1783.