Musidora

Image credit: Royal Scottish Academy of Art & Architecture

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The painting illustrates a scene from James Thomson's poem 'Summer' which was part of a cycle of poems entitled 'The Seasons', published in 1730. The Diploma Work depicts the heroine of the poem, Musidora, bathing in a stream before being espied by the hero Damon.

Royal Scottish Academy of Art & Architecture

Edinburgh

Title

Musidora

Date

c.1836

Medium

oil on canvas

Measurements

H 42.5 x W 56.2 cm

Accession number

1995.107

Acquisition method

Diploma Work deposit, 1836

Work type

Painting

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