Queen Summer, or The Journey of the Lily and the Rose

Category

Library Item

Item no

30830

Title

Queen Summer, or The Journey of the Lily and the Rose

Description

Title page with the text, 'Queen Summer, or, the Journey of the Lily of the Rose penned and portrayed by Walter Crane' Man with a flower kneeling before a woman. There is an amphora beside them with the date 'M D C C C X C I'.

Artist / maker

Crane, Walter

Date

1891

Size

20.0 x 17.5 cm

Type

Publisher's print

Location

Art and Design Library

The title page from Queen of Summer, or Journey of the Lily and the Rose shows Crane's mature style. This book is clearly very influenced by his design works which we saw glimpses of in his Baby's Own Aesop. The intricate background of tangled flowers is similar to his Arts and Crafts wallpapers. The people are dressed in Aesthetic style clothing with full shoulders and tight fitting sleeves, and both have the romantic look of Pre-Raphaelite figures. Crane's penchant for Greek objects is also seen in the urn with the date of publication. Like in the images for Baby's Own Aesop the garden is the place of imagination. This book has anthropomorphised flowers in a medieval court where the Rose and Lily knights have a tournament. This garden element is important as it is in nature that the full extent of imagination can be realised, unlike in the increasingly mechanised world of which Crane and his children readers were part. Crane consistently uses gardens in this way.

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Furnishings > Ornamentation > Urns

Landscape > Landscape architectural facilities > Gardens

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Plants > Flowers > Roses

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