VINTAGE

BY ROBERT BURNS

The image is of five women. Three of the women are stomping on grapes in a through. These three women have long flowing hair; they are topless and are wearing knee-length skirts. A woman is standing outside on the right, looking towards the three women in the trough; her fingers are dipped into the trough full of grapes; she is wearing a chiton and her hair is in a chignon. A dove is pictured perching on the front of the trough. A second dove is pictured on the left of the perched dove, and is mid-flight. A fifth woman is located in the bottom-right corner of the image. She is playing a flute; her clothing is dark and her hair is in a chignon. Three pithoi jars are on the bottom-left of the image. One of which is located underneath a tap that is expelling the liquid from the vat into the jar. In the background, there is a small hill with trees near its peak. At the bottom of the hill, there is a stream with several trees scattered alongside the water. Numerous birds are pictured flying in the distance. The artist’s mark is in the lower left corner of the image: the initials “R B” inside a circle. The engraver’s signature “Hare Sc” is in the lower left corner. The image is bound within a double-ruled border. The image is vertically displayed.

MLA citation:

Burns, Robert. “Vintage.” The Evergreen: A Northern Seasonal, vol. 2, Autumn 1895, p. 23. Evergreen Digital Edition, edited by Lorraine Janzen Kooistra, 2016-2018. The Yellow Nineties 2.0, Ryerson University Centre for Digital Humanities, 2018. https://1890s.ca/egv2_burns_vintage/

magazine_images The Evergreen: A Northern Seasonal 2 Vintage Robert Burns Pen and ink Hare Sc

Classical Outdoor exterior Animal bird birds dove doves tree trees stream nature grapes Human figures Female figures nude chiton skirt skirts hair chignon Wine Container pithoi pithos vat vessels trough
Musical instrument flute Artist signature R B inside of a circle