print
- Museum number
- 1886,1206.23
- Title
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Object: Spring
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Series: Four Seasons
- Description
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Young Roman woman standing in a field and gazing at the flower she is holding; behind her, another woman bending forward and picking a flower; more women picking flowers in the background; before letter, except publication address in fine italic lettering; signed proof. 1879
Mixed techniques on chine collé
- Production date
- 1879
- Dimensions
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Height: 478 millimetres
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Width: 266 millimetres
- $Inscriptions
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- Curator's comments
- See 1886,1206.25 for comment.The painting was commissioned by Pilgeram & Lefèvre in1877 and first exhibited at the Royal Academy of Arts in 1877 (no.117) and was destroyed in World War II. See Vern Swanson, 'The Biography and Catalogue Raisonne of the Paintings of Sir Lawrence Alma-Tadema', (London; Garton & Co, 1990), no.215, p.195. The print was exhibited at the summer exhibition of the Royal Academy of Arts in 1886 (no.1513).
- Location
- Not on display
- Acquisition date
- 1886
- Department
- Prints and Drawings
- Registration number
- 1886,1206.23