All Resolutions
To house of Holinesse;
Where he is taught repentance, and
The way to hevenly blesse.
Artist
- Name:
- Crane, Walter
- Dates:
- 1845-1915
- Country:
- UK
Illustration
- Subject:
- Narratives, Ornaments & patterns
- Technique:
- Wood engraving
- Format:
- Portrait (taller)
- Source:
- Robarts Library, the Internet Archive
Book
- Title:
- Spenser's Faerie queene, vol. 1
- Author(s):
- Spenser, Edmund
- Publisher:
- London: George Allen, 1894
- Open Library:
- View record.
Description
Three women stand side by side on a stairs, the one in the middle on a higher step than the other two. In Spenser’s Faerie Queene, Cælia is the mother of Fidelia, Speranza, and Charissa, who represent the three theological virtues.
Keywords: 1890s, 19th century, allegory, Arts and Crafts, black & white, border, female, frame, Spenser's Faerie queene, Victorian
