Charles Harper<p>A Study, in March <br>John William Inchbold (1830–1888)<br>Ashmolean Museum, Oxford</p><p>It is generally agreed that this was the painting exhibited as 'A Study, in March' at the Royal Academy, London in 1855 and inspired by lines from William Wordsworth's 'Excursion', book 1: </p><p>“I returned,<br>And took my rounds along this road again<br>Ere on its sunny bank the primrose flower<br>Peeped forth, to give an earnest of the Spring.”</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Spring" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Spring</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/march" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>march</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/flowers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>flowers</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/art" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>art</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/PreRaphaelites" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PreRaphaelites</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/hope" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>hope</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/seasons" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>seasons</span></a></p>