Page Six of 'Flora's Feast', the Daffodil

Category

Library Item

Item no

40131

Title

Page six of 'Flora's Feast', the Daffodil

Description

Two figures adorned in floral garments are depicted blowing trumpets fashioned from daffodils as a dog runs alongside them. The accompanying texts reads:
"The Daffodil his trumpet blows,
And after Spring a hunting goes".

Artist / maker

Crane, Walter

Date

1902

Size

25.0 x 18.5 cm

Type

Publisher's print

Location

Art and Design Library

The Daffodils are embarking on a hunt, blowing their flower horns while a flower dog bounds at their feet. Animals are repeatedly shown in this book as engaged in the same activity as the human flowers, thus invoking a world of harmony.

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Animals > Mammals > Dogs

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