| Method | Wood Engraving |
| Artist | Duncan C.Dallas after Walter Crane |
| Published | Published by J.M Dent & Co., Aldine House, London, 1893. |
| Dimensions | Image 192 x 142 mm, Sheet 283 x 238 mm |
| Notes |
From a series of eight Wood Engravings illustrating Shakespeare's 'The Tempest', issued unbound in 1893. The images were also used as illustrations to the book 'The Story from the Tempest from the play of Shakespeare Retold by Alice Spencer Hoffman', in 1894. The set was limited to 650 copies. Walter Crane (1845–1915) was an English artist and book illustrator. He is considered to be the most prolific and influential children's book creator of his generation. He is also thought of as one of the strongest contributors to the child's nursery motif that the genre of English children's illustrated literature would exhibit in its developmental stages in the latter nineteenth-century. A prominent part of the Arts and Crafts movement, Crane produced an array of paintings and illustrations, inspired by writers such as Shakespeare, Spenser and Grimm. The print depicts the edge of a forest, where Miranda, to the left, addresses Ferdinand, whilst he carries a log on his shoulder and stands with one foot on another. An axe and saw can be seen resting on a log by Ferdinand's leg. The arbitrary movement of logs has been forced upon Ferdinand by Prospero, the father of Miranda. Though her interaction with the labourer is forbidden, their subsequent marriage is approved by the ousted Duke of Milan, who, unbenknownst to the pair, listens to their conversation from the trees. Lettered at lower right corner of image with 'C' encircling a small image of a bird, as a reference to 'Crane.' |
| Framing | mounted |
| Price | £200.00 |
| Stock ID | 27993 |