Elfinland Wud (1)

All Resolutions

Oh, long and weary is our way.

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Artist

Name:
Paton, Joseph Noel
Dates:
1821-1901
Country:
UK

Illustration

Subject:
People
Technique:
Wood Engraving
Engraver:
Armstrong, Thomas
Format:
Portrait (taller)
Source:
The Getty Research Institute, the Internet Archive

Book

Title:
The book of British ballads
Author:
Hall, Samuel Carter
Publisher:
London: Jeremiah How, 1842
Open Library:
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Description:

A female creature, looking little more than a skeleton wrapped in a toga and wearing long disheveled hair, is half-kneeling in front of a fire partly hidden by two skulls. Her hands hover over the flames as she casts an expectant and upward side-glance.

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