Weather- or climate-based subdivision of the year

Four female torsos joined at the waist with garden features as heads; symbolising the four seasons in a garden. Etching by T. B., c. 1797.

Advice to expectant mothers on healthy practices during pregnancy and at the birth. Colour lithograph after O. Gri︠u︡n, 1925.

A woman with shears holding a sheep; representing June. Engraving.

Cherry blossom and falling leaves, representing spring and autumn respectively, with box of Aspro pills for use in those seasons. Colour lithograph, 1957.

Astronomy: a diagram of the Earth's orbit around the Sun in a solar year showing the changing seasons. Coloured engraving by J. Emslie, 1851, after himself.

Advice to mothers on causes of child mortality. Colour lithograph by O. Gri︠u︡n, 1925.

A young man returning from the hunt; representing the season spring. Engraving after Joachim von Sandrart I, ca. 1700.

A male dwarf sexually aroused by a sleeping female dwarf. Coloured etching by M. Engelbrecht, after 1715.

A couple bringing in the harvest; representing the fortieth year of life. Engraving by Conrad Meyer, 16--.

Goats being milked outside a farm and dogs setting off on a hunt; representing spring. Etching, 17--, after F.G. Bassano the younger.

A pastoral scene showing the picking, treading and transporting of grapes in an ox-cart; representing autumn. Engraving by R. S., 16th century, after F.G. Bassano.

Astronomy: the Earth and the sun during summer in the Northern hemisphere. Coloured lithograph.

1 print : etching ; platemark 16.8 x 18.1 cm

A harvesting scene representing summer. Etching by N. Perelle, 17th century.

1 print : line engraving ; platemark 23.8 x 13.2 cm

A man and a woman in a vineyard in autumn; representing the benefits of the fiftieth year of life. Engraving by Conrad Meyer, 16--.

1 print : etching ; platemark 9.7 x 15.8 cm

A field being harvested; representing July. Etching by G. Perelle, c. 1660.

1 print : engraving ; image and border 10.5 x 18.5 cm

Four phases of the Earth's rotation around the sun showing the seasons, with allegories of the four elements. Engraving, 1750.

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Seasons

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Images referencing Seasons

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Astronomy: the Earth and the sun during summer in the Northern hemisphere. Coloured lithograph.

A harvesting scene representing summer. Etching by N. Perelle, 17th century.

A man and a woman in a vineyard in autumn; representing the benefits of the fiftieth year of life. Engraving by Conrad Meyer, 16--.

A field being harvested; representing July. Etching by G. Perelle, c. 1660.

Four phases of the Earth's rotation around the sun showing the seasons, with allegories of the four elements. Engraving, 1750.

Seasons

Images from the collections

Images referencing Seasons

Works from the collections

Astronomy: the Earth and the sun during summer in the Northern hemisphere. Coloured lithograph.

A harvesting scene representing summer. Etching by N. Perelle, 17th century.

A man and a woman in a vineyard in autumn; representing the benefits of the fiftieth year of life. Engraving by Conrad Meyer, 16--.

A field being harvested; representing July. Etching by G. Perelle, c. 1660.

Four phases of the Earth's rotation around the sun showing the seasons, with allegories of the four elements. Engraving, 1750.

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