3-079-669 - Heritage Art/Heritage Images

Girl Amid Autumn Leaves-from a 'Lucky Days' Decorative Calendar, 1844-1847. This is one of a series of ten seasonal pictures, accompanied by poems. The subject here is 'preparing the fireplace', a traditional event in October. The poem describes how the snow comes, melts on the street and is covered by fallen leaves of ginkgo and maple, which is a good time to prepare the fireplace. The colour scheme is influenced by the printing regulations of 1842-43.