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.ProvenanceBefore 1947, Cecil A. Halliday (Oxford, England); 1947-present, purchased by the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation (Williamsburg, VA).