The Spring is Late

Also Titled: The First Robin

Description: Charles William Jefferys
Canadian (1869-1951)
the spring is late
ink
signed and dated Mar 7 - 97 - Mar 14
10 x 13 3/4 in. (25.4 x 34.9 cm)

• Dimensions: 10 x 13 3/4 in. (25.4 x 34.9 cm)
• Artist Name: Charles William Jefferys Canadian (1869-1951)
• Medium: ink

Provenance

Maynards Fine Art and Antiques (July 2020)

Exhibition History

Published References

• Hammond, M.O.  “Graphic art progress:  The Canadian graphic art year book.  Limited

  edition (Ryerson Press).”  In The Globe, Nov. 21, 1931, p. 5.

   “One of the group of 1893 [TASL] contributing to the new volume,

  C.W. Jefferys, has made a drawing called ‘The First Robin’. The bird is

  not visible, but instead we see a pioneer clergyman walking among

  trees and tilting his head at the sound of song.”