The Seasons
Artwork Details
- Title: The Seasons
- Author: James Thomson (British, Ednam, Scotland 1700–1748 Richmond-upon-Thames)
- Illustrator: William Kent (British, Bridlington, Yorkshire ca. 1685–1748 London)
- Etcher: Paul Fourdrinier (French, Groningen 1698–1758 London)
- Etcher: Nicolas Henry Tardieu (French, Paris 1674–1749 Paris)
- Publisher: "Britannia" published by John Millan (London)
- Dedicatee: "Spring" dedicated to Frances Seymour, Countess of Hertford (British, 1699–1754)
- Dedicatee: "Summer" dedicated to George Bubb Dodington (British, 1690/91–1762 London)
- Dedicatee: "Autumn" dedicated to Arthur Onslow (British, Kensington, London 1691–1768 London)
- Dedicatee: "Winter" dedicated to Spencer Compton, Earl of Wilmington (British, ca. 1674–1743 London)
- Dedicatee: Sir Isaac Newton (British, Woolsthorpe, Lincolnshire 1643–1727 London)
- Dedicatee: Robert Walpole, 1st Earl of Orford (British, Houghton, Norfolk 1676–1745 London)
- Date: 1730
- Medium: illustrations: etching
- Dimensions: 11 7/16 x 9 3/16 x 1 3/8 in. (29.1 x 23.4 x 3.5 cm)
- Classification: Books
- Credit Line: Purchase, Anne and Carl Stern Gift, 1968
- Object Number: 68.588
- Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints
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