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Hand colored print glued to glass. Classical woman draped in red, seated in chariot pulled by two lions, holding a horn of fruit in one hand and with the other reaching out to an arriving dove. A winged putto rides one of the tigers as they ride through grain field and by fruit trees.
prints (visual works)
gesso
gilding
glass (material)
hand coloring
printing (process)
varnishing
wood (plant material)
allegory (artistic device)
chariots (carriages)
figure- and animal-derived motifs
Classical
doves
lion
peace
putti (motifs)
Glass
Gesso
Transfer Printed
Varnished
Gilded
Classical Figure
Chariot
Lion
Cornucopia
Dove
Putti
Peace
Allegory
Hand Colored
PICTURE, ALLEGORY
""PLENTY attending the blessings of PEACE.""
Original to Hamilton House (South Berwick, Me.),
Unknown
15.875 x 11.75 (HxW) (inches)
Bequest of Elizabeth R. Vaughan
1949.766
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