Yellow Tulips by Charles Rennie Mackintosh c. 1922-3 (Private Collection). Glebe Place, Chelsea.

White Tulips by Charles Rennie Mackintosh c. 1920 (Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York). Glebe Place, Chelsea.

In the Spring Time by Harold Knight c. 1908-9 (Laing Art Gallery, Newcastle upon Tyne). Cornwall.

Springtime in the Orchard by Harold Harvey c. 1908-15 (Private Collection). Cornwall.

Tulip Pickers by Harold Harvey 1926 (Private Collection). Cornwall. Penzance in the distance.

Breakfast by Alberto Morrocco in or before 1955 (Gracefield Arts Centre, Dumfries). Dundee.

Picking Daffodils by Harold Harvey c. 1908-15 (Private Collection). Cornwall.

Daffodils and Narcissi by Frank Bramley 1886 (Private Collection). Cornwall.

Flowers of Spring by John Sloan 1924 (Museum of Fine Arts, Boston). New York City.

Spring by Pieter Breughel the Younger c. 1621-35 (Private Collection).

The Painter’s Family, Easter, 1927 by Roland Wakelin 1927 (Private Collection). The artist’s wife Estelle, son Roland Jnr, the ten-month old baby Judith and Weedy the cat in the kitchen of their home in Johnston Street, Chatswood, Sydney.

Rolling Easter Eggs by Edward Atkinson Hornel 1905 (Calderdale Metropolitan Borough Council).

Easter Eve by John Sloan 1907 (Private Collection). New York City.

Hammersmith Bridge on Boat Race Day by Walter Greaves c. 1862 (Tate, London).

The Visit by George Clausen exhibited 1909 (Private Collection). The artist’s home, 61 Carlton Hill, St John’s Wood.

Schoolgirls by George Clausen 1880 (Yale Center for British Art, New Haven). Haverstock Hill, Hampstead.

Spring Morning – Haverstock Hill by George Clausen 1881 (Bury Art Museum). Hampstead.

The Breakfast Table by George Clausen 1891-2 (National Trust, Standen). The artist’s wife, Agnes Mary, and their two daughters, Meg and Kitty.

Amy by Winifred Nicholson 1928 (Jerwood Collection). Amy Little, one of the maids who worked for Winifred and Ben Nicholson at Bankshead in Cumbria.