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The Task of the Seeds

The Task of the Seeds

Maker (British, 1833 - 1898)
Maker (British, 1861 - 1940)
Additional Title(s)
  • Illustration for Cupid and Psyche
Collections
ClassificationsDRAWINGS
Dateca. 1866
Mediumink and graphite on paper
Dimensions4 3/8 x 6 3/4 in. (11.1 x 17.1 cm.) book: 9 1/4 x 7 1/2 in. (23.5 x 19.1 cm.)
DescriptionDesign for book illustration. Walled chamber with one high arched window at top center - below it a pile of seeds on floor, several sacks lying nearby. Psyche with back turned to viewer, gazing at pile (right) - Venus at left, in doorway, gesturing to pile, doves gathered about her feet.
Inscribedrecto uppe rleft in graphite:19
Credit LineThe Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens
Status
Not on view
Object number2000.5.1550.21
The Task of the Gold - Wooled Sheep: The Seeds
The Task of the Gold - Wooled Sheep: The Seeds
Edward Burne-Jones
ca. 1866
Object number: 2000.5.1550.23
Study of Two Botanical Specimens--Branches with Seeds
Study of Two Botanical Specimens--Branches with Seeds
Thomas Malie
1741
Object number: 89.21.6
Three Entangled Sparrows amid Grass (Sesame) Seeds
Three Entangled Sparrows amid Grass (Sesame) Seeds
Hu Zhengyan 胡正言
1633
Object number: 2014.7.2.76
The Oracle
The Oracle
Edward Burne-Jones
ca. 1866
Object number: 2000.5.1550.34
Botanical Study of Fruit, Vine, Flower and Seed Pod
Botanical Study of Fruit, Vine, Flower and Seed Pod
Thomas Malie
n.d.
Object number: 89.21.16
Pestilence
Pestilence
William Blake
ca. 1784 or later
Object number: 82.36
Illustration to Cowper's "The Task" [book V]
Illustration to Cowper's "The Task" [book V]
Richard Thomas Underwood
1799
Object number: 62.78G
Illustration to Cowper's "The Task" [book V]
Illustration to Cowper's "The Task" [book V]
Robert Ker Porter
1799
Object number: 62.78E
Illustration to Cowper's "The Task" [book V]
Illustration to Cowper's "The Task" [book V]
George Samuel
1799
Object number: 62.78F
Illustration to Cowper's "The Task" [book V]
Illustration to Cowper's "The Task" [book V]
Thomas Girtin
1799
Object number: 62.78C
Illustration to Cowper's "The Task" [book V]
Illustration to Cowper's "The Task" [book V]
Paul Sandby Munn
1799
Object number: 62.78D
Illustration to Cowper's "The Task"
Illustration to Cowper's "The Task"
John Charles Denham
1799
Object number: 62.78A