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Image title:	April
Source:	Hone, William: “Hone’s Everyday Book” (1826)
Place shown:	none
Keywords:	months, calendars, people, animals, april, greyscale
Status:	out of copyright (called public domain in the USA), hence royalty-free stock image for all purposes usage credit requested
Notes:	April is a youth with curly hair and carrying a garland. He wears a tunic and sandals, with a cape billowing out behind him in the wind, and he rides a bucking bull that is jumping up out of a puddle, reminding us that [in England] April is a season known for rain. There is a poem under the engraving: “APRIL. Next came fresh April, full of lustyhed, And wanton as a kid whose horne new buds; Upon a bull he rode, the same which led Europa floting trough th’ Argolick fluds: His horns were gilden with garlands goodly dight Of all the fairest flowers and freshest buds Which th’ earth brings forth; and wet he seem’d in sight With waves, through which he waded for his love’s delight. Spenser.” (p. 407)
Dimensions:	100 x 80mm (3.9 x 3.1 inches)
Filename:	0407-April-q75-1090x876.jpg
Blog image:	http://fromoldbooks.org/r/C/0407-April-q75-500x402.jpg
Blog link:	http://fromoldbooks.org/r/C/pages/0407-April/

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Image title:

April

Source:

Hone, William: “Hone’s Everyday Book” (1826)

Place shown:

none

Keywords:

months, calendars, people, animals, april, greyscale

Status:

out of copyright (called public domain in the USA), hence royalty-free stock image for all purposes usage credit requested

Notes:

April is a youth with curly hair and carrying a garland. He wears a tunic and sandals, with a cape billowing out behind him in the wind, and he rides a bucking bull that is jumping up out of a puddle, reminding us that [in England] April is a season known for rain. There is a poem under the engraving:

“APRIL.

Next came fresh April, full of lustyhed,
And wanton as a kid whose horne new buds;
Upon a bull he rode, the same which led
Europa floting trough th’ Argolick fluds:
His horns were gilden with garlands goodly dight
Of all the fairest flowers and freshest buds
Which th’ earth brings forth; and wet he seem’d in sight
With waves, through which he waded for his love’s delight. Spenser.” (p. 407)

Dimensions:

100 x 80mm (3.9 x 3.1 inches)

Filename:

0407-April-q75-1090x876.jpg

Blog image:

http://fromoldbooks.org/r/C/0407-April-q75-500x402.jpg

Blog link:

http://fromoldbooks.org/r/C/pages/0407-April/

Scanner dpi:

2400

Comment:

Add a link, leave a comment or change keywords

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