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Easter Blessing (Design for a Poster)

(American (born in England), 1857–1926)
1890–1910
Medium/TechniqueOpaque watercolor, pen and black ink, and gold pigment
DimensionsSheet: 65 x 37.3 cm (25 9/16 x 14 11/16 in.)
Credit LineGift of Louis Rhead to the School of the Museum of Fine Arts and presented by the School to the Museum in 1996
Accession number1996.331
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ClassificationsPrints
InscriptionsOn side of altar, partly rubbed out: MAY THY / LIFE BE FILLED / WITH BLESSINGS / ON THIS HAPPY EASTERTIDE; in pen, l.l.: To the students in design of the Boston Museum with best wishes for their success. Louis Rhead.
ProvenanceArtist; gift to the School of the Museum of Fine Arts, before 1926; presented to MFA, December 1996.