Closer Still She Crept

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A woman with a candle leans over the bed in which a man is sleeping, to have a closer look at him

... Closer still she crept,
Holding the lamp aloft, until his breath
Was hot upon her cheek...

(P. 27.)

Artist

Name:: Houghton, Arthur Boyd
Dates:: 1836-1875
Country:: UK

Illustration

Subject:: Narratives
Technique:: Wood Engraving
Engraver:: Dalziel, the brothers
Format:: Portrait (taller)
Source:: Robarts Library, The Internet Archive

Book

Title:: North coast, and other poems
Author:: Buchanan, Robert Williams
Publisher:: London, New York: George Routledge and Sons, 1868
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A woman holding a candlestick leans over the bed in which a man is sleeping, to have, as it seems, a closer look at the tattoos on his forearm.

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