Page Twenty-four from 'Flora's Feast', Forget-me-not

Category

Library Item

Item no

40154

Title

Page twenty-four from 'Flora's Feast', the Forget-me-not

Description

A woman wearing a classical dress dips her foot in some water whilst holding a bending stem of forget-me-nots above her head. The accompanying text reads:
"And from the cressy brook's green side,
"Forget-me-not", a small voice cried".

Artist / maker

Crane, Walter

Date

1902

Size

25.0 x 18.5 cm

Type

Publisher's print

Location

Art and Design Library

Throughout the book Crane uses clothing to incorporate the impression of movement to the illustrations. The style of dress here, along with the women's hair and facial features, continue to reveal a classical influence, as well as an interest in the figures depicted in Pre-Raphaelite paintings that were often dressed in drapery and bore a romantic look on their faces.

As with the previous images Crane uses both the figure and the flower to balance the composition as the curves of her arms act as a counterweight to the overarching bend of the flower stem.

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Clothing and dress > Garments > Dresses

Landscape > Water > Rivers and streams

People > Adults > Women

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Page twenty-four from 'Flora's Feast', Forget-me-not