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The Days, (painting). Artist:  Dewing, Thomas Wilmer, 1851-1938, painter. Title:  The Days, (painting). Other Titles:  Days, (painting). Dates:  1884-1886. Digital Reference:  Medium:  Oil on canvas. Dimensions:  43 3/16 x 72 in. (109.7 x 182.9 cm). Inscription:  (Lower left:) T. W. Dewing 1886 signed Description:  An allegorical painting of five women representing the five days inspired by a Ralph Waldo Emerson sonnet that begins, "Daughters of Time, the hypocritic Days." The women stand in a bed of white flowers against a leafy landscape background, each is dressed in a long Greek gown in shades of green or light blue, and each is holding an object in her hands. The first figure carries a pair of wings which symbolize "Imagination"; the second figure carries a mirror which symbolizes "Truth"; the third figure carries a sword which symbolizes "Fortitude"; the fourth figure carries a lyre which symbolizes "Music and the Arts"; and the fifth figure, with her back to the viewer, carries a wand as she walks away. On the far left, there is a man in brown robes looking over at the five women. Subject:  Figure group -- Female Allegory -- Time -- Day Performing Arts -- Music -- Lyre Object -- Musical Instrument -- Lyre Object -- Weapon -- Sword Landscape -- Forest Object Type:  Painting Owner:  Wadsworth Atheneum, 600 Main Street, Hartford, Connecticut 06103 Accession Number: 1944.328 Provenance:  Gift of Cheney, Louise, estate of, Manchester, Connecticut 1887-1944. Gift of Cheney, Anne W., Manchester, Connecticut 1887-1944. Remarks:  According to "The Art of Thomas Wilmer Dewing," the painting was originally known as Days. Originally titled Days. Stanford White designed the frame. References:  Wadsworth Atheneum, 1974. Kornhauser, Elizabeth Mankin, "American Paintings Before 1945 in the Wadsworth Atheneum," New Haven, Connecticut: Yale University Press, 1996, pg. 296-297. Antiques (March 1996): pg. 416. Hobbs, Susan, "The Art of Thomas Wilmer Dewing: Beauty Reconfigured," Brooklyn, NY: Brooklyn Museum in association with Smithsonian Institution Press, 1996, no. 13. Illustration:  Image on file. Kornhauser, Elizabeth Mankin, "American Paintings Before 1945 in the Wadsworth Atheneum," New Haven, Connecticut: Yale University Press, 1996, plate 50. Antiques (March 1996): pg. 417. Hobbs, Susan, "The Art of Thomas Wilmer Dewing: Beauty Reconfigured," Brooklyn, NY: Brooklyn Museum in association with Smithsonian Institution Press, 1996, no. 13. Note:  The information provided about this artwork was compiled as part of the Smithsonian American Art Museum's Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture database, designed to provide descriptive and location information on artworks by American artists in public and private collections worldwide. Repository:  Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture, Smithsonian American Art Museum, P.O. Box 37012, MRC 970, Washington, D.C. 20013-7012 Control Number:  IAP 06910270   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Paintings 06910270 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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