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Four chubby nude young girls are dressed in the accessories of the four seasons. "Spring" has a flowered hat, boots and an umbrella; "Summer" a parasol; "Autumn" a field hat and grapes; and "Winter" fur hat, boots and muff. Pasted on off-white mat with a gray border, under glass in walnut and gilt molded frame. Pine back boards.
prints (visual works)
gilding
glass (material)
paper (fiber product)
walnut (wood)
figure- and animal-derived motifs
girls
seasons
walnut (wood)
Unidentified Paper
Walnut
Glass
Girl
Seasons
Gilded
PICTURE
Printed on the front is: J.A. Mitchell, Del/The Seasons/J.J. Hawes, Photo.
Original to Rundlet-May House (Portsmouth, N.H.),
Hawes, Josiah Johnson, 1808-1891 (Maker)
Boston, MA, USA
11.25 x 9.25 (HxW) (inches)
Gift of Ralph May
1971.1570
Massachusetts (United States)
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