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Page twenty from 'Flora's Feast', the Peonies
Crane, Walter, 1902, Publisher's print
Page twenty from 'Flora's Feast', the Peonies
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Title
Page twenty from 'Flora's Feast', the Peonies
Description
A distinguished older woman dressed in floral garments adopts a haughty stance as she places one hand on her hip and holds onto a staff fashioned from a budding peony. A young naked boy stands next to her covering himself with a peony in full bloom. The accompanying text reads:
"Great Peonies in crimson and pride,
And budding ones in green that hide".
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Crane, Walter
Date
1902
Size
25.0 x 18.5 cm
Type
Publisher's print
Location
Art and Design Library
In a similar vein to the earlier illustration of the Crocus (page 5), Crane uses the depiction of nakedness and youth to invoke innocence in a way that is not dissimilar to the representations of Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden that were also prevalent in socialist visual culture. The Garden of Eden was often re-imagined as the paradise that was lost by capitalism but could be reclaimed through socialism (1).
The contrast between the young and old here also serves to help the reader envision the garden as a diverse, yet harmonious, community.
(1) Morna O'Neill, 'Walter Crane's Floral Fantasy: The Garden in Arts and Crafts Politics', Garden History, Vol.36, No.2 (2008), pp.293-4.
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Flora's Feast by Walter Crane
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