Spring
Date1751
Designed and printed by
Paul Angier
Retailed by
David Teniers
Engraver
Morin
OriginEngland, London
MediumLine engraving and etching with hand color
DimensionsOverall: 10 × 8in. (25.4 × 20.3cm)
Credit LineMuseum Purchase
Object number1961-170,1
DescriptionLower margin reads: "Teniers pinx.t/ Morin sculp./ SPRING./ Publish'd May y.e 7.th 1751. & sold by P. Angier at y.e Plume of Feathers in Windmill Street S.t James's."Label TextA gardener brings a potted tree into the garden, perhaps to be planted. In the rear 2 other gardeners are raking and digging in the garden. The original teniers paintings from which these prints were drawn are in the National Gallery, London. It is here they were probably seen and copied into prints.ProvenanceBefore 1961, the Old Print Shop (New York, NY); 1961-present, purchased by the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation (Williamsburg, VA).
