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Easter Blessing (Design for a Poster)
Louis John Rhead (American (born in England), 1857–1926)
1890–1910
Medium/Technique
Opaque watercolor, pen and black ink, and gold pigment
Dimensions
Sheet: 65 x 37.3 cm (25 9/16 x 14 11/16 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Louis Rhead to the School of the Museum of Fine Arts and presented by the School to the Museum in 1996
Accession Number1996.331
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAmericas, Prints and Drawings
DescriptionAngel placing a wreath on an altar.
InscriptionsOn side of altar, partly rubbed out: MAY THY / LIFE BE FILLED / WITH BLESSINGS / ON THIS HAPPY EASTERTIDE; in pen, l.l.: To the students in design of the Boston Museum with best wishes for their success. Louis Rhead.
ProvenanceArtist; gift to the School of the Museum of Fine Arts, before 1926; presented to MFA, December 1996.