id:			97971
accession number:	1917.611
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1917.611
updated:		2024-03-26 01:56:22.812000

Figures Depicting the Four Seasons, c. 1775. Bristol Porcelain Factory (British, 1770–81). Hard-paste porcelain; part 1: 28.4 x 16.2 x 13.7 cm (11 3/16 x 6 3/8 x 5 3/8 in.); part 2: 27 x 14.5 x 9.4 cm (10 5/8 x 5 11/16 x 3 11/16 in.); part 3: 27 x 15.9 x 11.7 cm (10 5/8 x 6 1/4 x 4 5/8 in.); part 4: 27.2 x 13 x 11.5 cm (10 11/16 x 5 1/8 x 4 1/2 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Bequest of Mary Warden Harkness 1917.611

title:				Figures Depicting the Four Seasons
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creation date:			c. 1775
creation date earliest:		1770
creation date latest:		1780
current location:		203A British Painting and Decorative Arts
creditline:			Bequest of Mary Warden Harkness
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culture:	England, Bristol
technique:	hard-paste porcelain
department:	Decorative Art and Design
collection:	Decorative Arts
type:		Ceramic
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CREATORS

* Bristol Porcelain Factory (British, 1770–81)  - maker
Benjamin Lund produced soft-paste porcelain known as Lund's Bristol Ware between 1749 and 1752. When William Cookworthy (1705-1784) moved his pottery works to Bristol from Plymouth, he began to produce England's first hard-paste porcelain. The works were soon transferred to his factory manager then partner Richard Champion (1743-1791), who directed the factory until its demise around 1782.
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measurements: Part 1: 28.4 x 16.2 x 13.7 cm (11 3/16 x 6 3/8 x 5 3/8 in.); Part 2: 27 x 14.5 x 9.4 cm (10 5/8 x 5 11/16 x 3 11/16 in.); Part 3: 27 x 15.9 x 11.7 cm (10 5/8 x 6 1/4 x 4 5/8 in.); Part 4: 27.2 x 13 x 11.5 cm (10 11/16 x 5 1/8 x 4 1/2 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		Art of the Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries
	opening date:   1934-11-09T05:00:00
	<i>Art of the Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (November 9-December 2, 1934).

	title:		The Silver Jubilee Exhibition
	opening date:   1941-06-23T04:00:00
	<i>The Silver Jubilee Exhibition</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (June 23-September 28, 1941).

	title:		British Gallery Reinstallation  (June 2020)
	opening date:   2020-06-30T04:00:00
	<i>British Gallery Reinstallation  (June 2020)</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

* {'description': 'No legacy exhibitions.', 'opening_date': None}

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PROVENANCE

	Mary Warden Harkness [1864-1916], New York, NY, bequest to the Cleveland Museum of Art
	date: ?-1916
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	The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
	date: 1917-
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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	"Bequest of Mrs. Charles W. Harkness." <em>The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art</em> 4, no. 4 (1917): 63.
	page number: 	Mentioned: p. 63
	url:		http://www.jstor.org/stable/25136090

	The Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art</em>. Cleveland: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1925.<br>Only <em>Summer </em>(1917.611.3) and <em>Autumn</em> (1917.611.2) reproduced.
	page number: 	Mentioned and Reproduced: p. 11
	url:		https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook_80839/page/n13

	The Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art</em>. Cleveland: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1928.<br>Only <em>Summer </em>(1917.611.3) and <em>Autumn</em> (1917.611.2) reproduced.
	page number: 	Reproduced: p. 10
	url:		https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1928/page/n14

	"The Bequests of Mary Warden Harkness: A Tribute and an Accounting." <em>The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art </em>15, no. 2 part II (February 1928): 43-50
	page number: 	Mentioned: p. 43
	url:		https://www.jstor.org/stable/25137106

	"European Porcelains Bequeathed by Mary Warden Harkness." <em>The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art </em>15, no. 2 part II (February 1928): 57-59
	page number: 	Mentioned: p. 59
	url:		https://www.jstor.org/stable/25137108

	The Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>The Cleveland Museum of Art Handbook.</em> Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1958.<br>Only <em>Autumn</em> (1917.611.2) reproduced. Incorrectly published as <em>Spring </em>(1917.611.1).
	page number: 	Mentioned and Reproduced: cat. no. 267
	url:		https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1958/page/n55

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IMAGES

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