All Resolutions
How say you? we have slept, my lords.
My beard has grown into my lap.
Artist
Illustration
- Subject:
- People
- Technique:
- Wood engraving
- Format:
- Portrait (taller)
- Source:
- Robarts Library, the Internet Archive
- Observations:
- Book illustrated, engraved, and printed under the supervision of George T. Andrew
Book
- Title:
- The day dream
- Author(s):
- Alfred, Lord Tennyson
- Publisher:
- New York: E. P. Dutton & Co., 1886
- Open Library:
- View record
Description
An old king wearing his crown looks in astonishment in the viewer’s direction while his hands play in his remarkably long and fluffy white beard.
A list of the artists who contributed to the book is given in the opening pages. It includes Charles Copeland, Harry Fenn, W. J. Fenn, Edmund H. Garrett, W. St. John Harper, H. Winthrop Pierce, and J. D. Woodward.
Keywords: 1880s, 19th century, black & white, border, king, portrait, surprise