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Painting of a woman in a red gown and a young man with a leaf wreath and grapes, against autumn foliage, with a decorative border and the word OCTOBER.

October (cover illustration for Harper's Magazine)

A woman in a flowing red gown sits on a stone ledge beside a young man crowned with leaves, who holds a basket of grapes while autumn-colored foliage fills the background. A fruit-and-leaf border frames the oil painting, and the word OCTOBER is lettered on the ledge in front of the figures.

Artist
William Clarke Rice
Date
1903
Medium
oil on canvas
Source
Smithsonian (Smithsonian American Art Museum)
Size
2724 × 2999 px
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Public domain · Smithsonian (Smithsonian American Art Museum) releases this image under CC0 (latest date 1903).
Rights checked 2026-11-05 · tier A · as stated by the source: CC0 (Smithsonian Open Access)

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Smithsonian Institution, Smithsonian American Art Museum

Español: Octubre, ilustración de portada para Harper's Magazine

Una mujer con un vestido rojo fluido está sentada en una repisa de piedra junto a un joven coronado de hojas, que sostiene una canasta de uvas mientras el follaje otoñal llena el fondo. Un borde decorado con frutas y hojas enmarca la pintura al óleo, y la palabra OCTOBER aparece escrita en la repisa frente a las figuras.

Português: Outubro, ilustração de capa para Harper's Magazine

Uma mulher de vestido vermelho fluido está sentada em uma beirada de pedra ao lado de um jovem coroado de folhas, que segura uma cesta de uvas enquanto a folhagem outonal preenche o fundo. Uma moldura decorada com frutas e folhas emoldura a pintura a óleo, e a palavra OCTOBER está escrita na beirada diante das figuras.

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