Title Page from Flowers from Shakespeare's Garden

Category

Library Item

Item no

30842

Title

Title page from Flowers from Shakespeare's Garden

Description

Title page shows a woman kneeling in a garden in front of a bust of Shakespeare on a pillar. She is holding a bouquet of flowers. Text at the top: 'Flowers from Shakespeare's Garden: A Posy from the Play, pictured by Walter Crane.' At the bottom 'Cassel & Co: ltd. 1906'

Artist / maker

Crane, Walter

Date

1906

Size

24.7 x 17.7 cm

Type

Publisher's print

Location

Art and Design Library

The title page from Flowers from Shakespeare's Garden: A Posy from the Plays depicts the Countess of Warwick kneeling and collecting flowers in front of a bust of Shakespeare. The Countess was as ardent socialist and patron of Crane. The book can be understood from a socialist perspective as it allowed children to have an understanding of Shakespeare, and since the book was not terribly expensive, it would have been available to a wide audience. The Countess is depicted wearing an Aesthetic style dress. It is again in the lighter colour pallette of Flora's Feast though it is not as simple.

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Architecture > Monuments > Busts

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