Spring

Title	Spring
Artist	Cephas Giovanni Thompson
Date	1838 19th century
Medium	Oil on canvas
Origin	American American
Holding institution	The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Credit line	Gift of Mrs. Madeleine Thompson Edmonds, 1971
Rights	Public domain (CC0). Free to use for any purpose.

Subjects: Botanical illustration

About this artwork

“Spring” is a work by Cephas Giovanni Thompson, dated 1838. It is executed in oil on canvas. In this archive it sits within the botanical illustration tradition. This work is in the public domain (CC0), so the image may be downloaded and reused for any purpose without permission (see the licence note below).

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This work is attributed to Cephas Giovanni Thompson. Browse every catalogued public-domain plate by this maker.

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Dated to 1838. Explore the wider set of works from the 19th century held in the archive.

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Recorded origin: American. Browse more public-domain art from American.

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Made available through the The Metropolitan Museum of Art open-access programme, which explicitly places this work in the public domain.

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