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More Smithsonian Searches     Who else has...     Lamb, Francis Mortimer,     Sears, Jabez H.,     Beal, J. Williams,     Figure male -- Child     Figure male -- Elderly     Figure male -- Head     Allegory -- Season     Allegory -- Season     Allegory -- Season     Allegory -- Season     Outdoor Sculpture -- New Hampshire -- Portsmouth     Relief     Architectural component     Sculpture

Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter, (sculpture). Artist:  Lamb, Francis Mortimer, 1861-1936, sculptor. (possibly by) Sears, Jabez H., architect. Beal, J. Williams, 1855-1919, designer. Title:  Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter, (sculpture). Other Titles:  Seasons, (sculpture). Dates:  Installed ca. 1885. Digital Reference:  Medium:  Terra cotta. Dimensions:  4 units. Each approx. 2 1/2 x 3 x 1/2 ft. Description:  Four terra cotta plaques on the main facade of a building. The plaques depict the four seasons through four ages of Man. Each is a bas-relief head surrounded by elaborate swirls of foliage. The westernmost plaque is Spring, depicted as a young boy. The next plaque is Summer, shown as a young man in the prime of life. The next is Autumn, depicted as a man with a beard and moustache. The easternmost plaque depicts Winter, an elderly man with moustache, flowing beard and balding head. The plaques are located between the building's third story window lintel and the fourth story window sill. Subject:  Figure male -- Child -- Head Figure male -- Elderly -- Head Figure male -- Head Allegory -- Season -- Spring Allegory -- Season -- Summer Allegory -- Season -- Autumn Allegory -- Season -- Winter Object Type:  Outdoor Sculpture -- New Hampshire -- Portsmouth Relief Architectural component Sculpture Owner:  Rockingham House Condominium Association, 401 State Street, Portsmouth, New Hampshire 03801 Remarks:  The sculptures adorn the old Rockingham Hotel building. The original building was constructed in 1785. It was converted into a hotel in the 1830's. After the hotel was nearly destroyed by fire in 1884, architect Sears was hired to rebuild the hotel. Beals is credited as the designer of the front of the newly rebuild hotel. The Seasons were probably created by F. Mortimer Lamb. References:  Save Outdoor Sculpture, New Hampshire survey, 1994. Illustration:  Image on file. 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:  IAS NH000439   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Sculpture NH000439 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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