'Spring' engraving from 'The Seasons' by James Thomson (Edinburgh: Blackwood & Ross, 1800). [Library shelfmark: ABS.1.75.16]
Edinburgh-based publisher Blackwood & Ross commissioned an engraving for each of the four seasons described in James Thomson's work.
Each engraving for this edition of 'The Seasons' shows aspects and effects of the seasonal change, such as the flux of a labourer's relationship with the changing landscape.