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Watercolour drawing of the Caerwent Four Seasons mosaic by Frank King, 1902. The drawing shows the seasons at each corner with corresponding cupids in roundels holding torches. The edges include animals. Only the edge of the central figure remains. Experts have suggested the this may have been Orpheus – the bringer of the seasons.

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