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Spring
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Spring

Date1760-1765
After work by Robert Pyle
Engraver James Watson
Publisher Carington Bowles (1724 - 1793)
OriginEngland, London
MediumBlack and white mezzotint engraving
DimensionsOH: 15" x OW: 11 1/4"
Credit LineMuseum Purchase
Object number1947-477,1
DescriptionLower margin reads: "R. Pyle Pinx.t/ Ja.s Watson fecit/ What secret Joy each youthful Bossom warms, / Where this the nymph unfolds her pleasing Charms! / The Meadows smile, the Groves with Music ring, / And genial Nature hails the blooming Spring./ Spring./ Printed for Carington Bowles next the Chapter House in St. Pauls Church Yard London."
Label TextA lovely young woman with hat and cap, stands in a garden setting. She wears a low cut dress and lacy apron, which she if filling with flowers. A garden urn behind is also decked with flowers.