Spring / Now see where surly Winter pases off, / Far is the north and calls it ruffian blasts, / His blasts obey, and quits the howling hills / The shatterd forest, and the ravagd vales / While softer gales succeed at robust kind tuch, / Dissolving storms in livid torrents lost, / The mountains lift their green heads to the sky. / G. Smyth 1796

Maker

Smyth, G.

Date made

1796

Origin

Unknown

In Bolton & Co.

No

Foundation Cloth

Wool

Embroidery Thread

Silk

Predominent Motif

A poem about the season of spring - (one of four) done in an undulating cartouche.

Inscription

Spring / Now see where surly Winter pases off, / Far is the north and calls it ruffian blasts, / His blasts obey, and quits the howling hills / The shatterd forest, and the ravagd vales / While softer gales succeed at robust kind tuch, / Dissolving storms in livid torrents lost, / The mountains lift their green heads to the sky. / G. Smyth 1796

Length Without Frame

10 5/8"

Width Without Frame

8 7/8"

Original Frame

Yes

Historical Owner

#1997.7.3 Martha Clawson Reed Collection

Owner

Frances Lehman Loeb Art Center, Vassar College, Poughkeepsie, NY

Owner Private

Vassar College Loeb Art Center