John Neagle Johann Martin Metz & Caroline Metz - James Thomson's The Seasons Spring

James Thomson's The Seasons: Spring

In John Neagle's original stipple engraving for James Thomson's "The Seasons", "Spring" presents us with a sensual image of nature's bounties in the pastoral tradition. A shepherd and his lover occupy the foreground. Families of birds (and birds making families) rest in the branches above them. Across the stream more youthful couples dance and play music. All the people and animals are at perfect peace. This original stipple engraving is printed upon late 18th century wove paper with full margins as published by John Murray in 1792. This impression contains the title, "Spring", the engraver's name, "Neagle Sculpt", the designe's name, "Metz delt.", and. the publisher's address, "London, publd. Decr 1. 1792 by I. Murray No. 32 Fleet Street" along the bottom. James Thomson's "The Seasons: Spring" a fine, original example of the engraved art by the British artist, John Neagle.

Original Stipple and Line Engraving by John Neagle designed by Johann Martin Metz & Caroline Metz.

The Seasons Spring Original Engraving by John Neagle designed by Johann Martin Metz and Caroline Metz

The Seasons: Spring by John Neagle

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James Thomson's "The Seasons" (A Complete Set of Four Original Engravings) $785.00 US
#	Image	Title & Artists	Medium	Date	Notes
01-		The Seasons: Spring by John Neagle designed by Johann Martin Metz & Caroline Metz	Original Stipple and Line Engraving	1792	Contains the title, "Spring", the engraver's name, "Neagle Sculpt", the designe's name, "Metz delt.", and. the publisher's address, "London, publd. Decr 1. 1792 by I. Murray No. 32 Fleet Street" along the bottom.
02.-		The Seasons: Summer by Anker Smith designed by Johann Martin Metz & Caroline Metz	Original Stipple and Line Engraving	1792	Contains the title, "Summer", the engraver's name, "Anker Smith Sculpt", the designe's name, "Metz delt.", and. the publisher's address, "London, publd. Decr 1, 1792 by I. Murray No. 32 Fleet Street" along the bottom.
03-		The Seasons: Autumn by Thomas Medland designed by Johann Martin Metz & Caroline Metz	Original Stipple and Line Engraving	1792	Contains the title, "Autumn", the engraver's name, "Medland Sculpt", the designe's name, "Metz delt.", and. the publisher's address, "London, publd. Decr 1. 1792 by I. Murray No. 32 Fleet Street" along the bottom.
04.-		The Seasons: Winter by John Neagle designed by Johann Martin Metz & Caroline Metz	Original Stipple and Line Engraving	1792	Contains the title, "Winter", the engraver's name, "Neagle Sculpt", the designe's name, "Metz delt.", and. the publisher's address, "London, publd. Decr 1. 1792 by I. Murray No. 32 Fleet Street" along the bottom.

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Title:	James Thomson's "The Seasons: Spring" (A Set of Four Original Engravings)
Engraver:	Neagle, John (London, 1760 - Philadelphia, 1822)
Artist:	Metz, Johann Martin (Bonn, c. 1730 - London, 1800)
Artist:	Metz, Caroline (London, Active, 1773 - 1794)
Date:	1792
Medium:	Original Stipple and Line Engraving
Publisher:	John Murray, London
Note:	John Neagle: A British engraver of portraits and sporting and genre subjects, John Neagle was regularly commissioned by London publishers in the late eighteenth century and the first decade of the nineteenth century. His large plates include "Foxhunting", after J. N. Sartorius (1795), and, "Nelson Wounded at Tenerife", after Richard Westall (1809).
	Around 1810, John Neagle settled in Philadelphia and continued to work for the publishers of that city. His son, John B. Neagle (1796-1866) was also an engraver of note.
	James Thomson (1700-1748) completed his major opus in blank verse, "The Seasons", in 1730. The Seasons introduced nature as a self-sufficient theme and became one of the most popular poems in English literature throughout the eighteenth century. Various publications of the poem contained artistic interpretations, in original engraving and etching, of each of the four seasons, usually as frontis-pieces. As "The Seasons" touched upon a great many elements of seasonal change, artists and engravers were at tremendous liberty to depict Spring, Summer, Autumn and Winter according to their preferences.
	John Neagle engraved two very interesting plates for "The Seasons" - "Spring" and "Winter". "Spring" presents us with a sensual image of nature's bounties in the pastoral tradition. A shepherd and his lover occupy the foreground. Families of birds (and birds making families) rest in the branches above them. Across the stream more youthful couples dance and play music. All the people and animals are at perfect peace -- and are not at all concerned about the lion emerging from the bushes.
	If "Spring" is representative of youth and beauty, "Winter" is surely its opposite. A patriarch and his wife sit close to the fire. Their grandchildren sit close by and seem alarmed by the activities of a pair of cats on the hunt. Provisions for the long, cold winter are stored above the hearth and doorway. As in "Spring", the background scene once again deals with music making and dancing. Here, however, the dance appears to be more frantic and a young woman has fainted in her chair.
	Johann Martin Metz & Caroline Metz: Johann Martin Metz spent the first half of his career as court painter to the Elector Clemens August, in Bonn. He was made a member of the Guild at Cologne in 1768. Johann Metz settled permanently in London in 1771 and distinguished himself as a painter of genre scenes and still lifes. His daughter, Caroline Metz, came to London with her father. She began exhibiting her paintings at the Royal Academy in 1773 and was a frequent exhibitor there until 1794. Her art included portraits, landscapes and still lifes.
	It is probable that both the father and daughter contributed to the designs for this set of "The Seasons".
Source:	James Thomson's The Seasons
Note:	The Seasons: Spring, "Come, gentle Spring, ethereal Mildness, come, And from the bosom of yon dropping cloud, While music wakes around, veil'd in a flower Of shadowing roses, on our plains descend. O Hartford, fitted or to shine in courts With unaffected grace, or walk the plain With innocence and meditation join'd In soft assemblage, listen to my song, Which thy own Season paints: when Nature all Is blooming and benevolent, like thee..." * James Thomson
Size:	7 X 4 1/2 (Sizes in inches are approximate, height preceding width of plate-mark or image.)
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Buy Now	Price: $785.00 US (A Set of Four Original Engravings)
Condition:	Each of the four engravings of "The Seasons" is printed upon late eighteenth century wove paper with margins extending about a quarter of an inch from the actual engravings on the top and the sides. Containing full margins with the title, "Spring", the engraver's name, "Neagle Sculpt", the designe's name, "Metz delt.", and. the publisher's address, "London, publd. Decr 1. 1792 by I. Murray No. 32 Fleet Street" along the bottom. Apart from very slight foxing in the outer margins, all four engravings are in very good condition and represent a prime, original example of late eighteenth century British engraved art.
Subject:	John Neagle, "The Seasons", "Spring", "Summer", "Autumn", "Winter", A Set of Four Original Stipple and Line Engravings, Johann Martin Metz and Caroline Metz, James Thomson (1700-1748), elements of seasonal change, pastoral tradition, music making and dancing, sheep shearing.
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John Neagle, Johann Martin Metz & Caroline Metz

James Thomson's The Seasons: Spring