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Collection Type

  • Art

Date

1868-1899

GUSN

GUSN-12716

Description

Forest scene with a temple in the background, depicting a winged young boy and a goddess with an eagle. Under glass in a molded gilt frame with a walnut exterior edge.

Details

Descriptive Terms

prints (visual works)
gilding
glass (material)
paper (fiber product)
photographs
walnut (wood)
figure- and animal-derived motifs
allegory (artistic device)
forests
mythology (literary genre)
temples (buildings)
walnut (wood)
Unidentified Paper
photographic print
Glass
Gilded
Forest
Temple
Allegorical Figure
Mythology
Walnut
PICTURE

Inscription

Signed: H. Adams, Pinx; Clement Sculp. Titled: Hebe + L'Amour.

Associated Building

Original to Rundlet-May House (Portsmouth, N.H.),

Maker

Adams, H. (Maker)

Location of Origin

France

Dimensions

15.625 x 13.625 (HxW) (inches)

Credit Line

Gift of Ralph May

Accession Number

1971.1821.1

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