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The Shepherd's Calendar: March

(English, 1845–1915)
about 1898
Medium/TechniquePen and black ink on paper
DimensionsSheet: 21 x 15.4 cm (8 1/4 x 6 1/16 in.)
Credit LineJohn H. and Ernestine A. Payne Fund
Accession number55.1473
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ClassificationsDrawings
InscriptionsLower left: monogram; outside image, upper right: MARCH/AEGLOGA/TERTIA; lower right; EMBLEME. S. with two circle emblems on either side. Emblem at right is a winged man holding two pots, with a scroll reading: ONE OF HONEY AND GAUL IN LOVE TH/IS STORE/THE HONEY IS MUCH BUT THE. Emblem at left is a seated woman with a dove and owl with a scroll reading: TO BE WISE AND EKE TO LOVE/IS GRAUNTED SCARCE/TO GOD A... (illegible).
ProvenanceHarold T. Hartley, (1851-1943, London); to his son Sir Harold Hartley (1878-1972, London); purchased by MFA, April 14, 1955.