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Anonymous, The Ample Grove, c. 1810-25

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c. 1810 – c. 1825
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The Ample Grove
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I am disposed to plant a grove; / To Satisfy this girl I love, / This ample grove I must compose, / Of nineteen trees in nine straight rows, / Five in each row There must place / Or never expect to see her face / Ye sons of Art grant me your aid; / To satisfy This curious maid.
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Anonymous, The Ample Grove, c. 1810-25, watercolor and ink on laid paper. Museum Purchase. The Colonial Williamsburg Foundation, Williamsburg, Va.

Inscribed: I am disposed to plant a grove; / To Satisfy this girl I love, / This ample grove I must compose, / Of nineteen trees in nine straight rows, / Five in each row There must place / Or never expect to see her face / Ye sons of Art grant me your aid; / To satisfy This curious maid.

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