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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
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