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Cupid is running away in an eerie forest as female faces seem to pursue him — Headpiece to "The Picture, or the Lover’s Resolution."

Artist

Name:: Metcalfe, Gerald Fenwick
Dates:: fl. 1890-1930
Country:: UK

Illustration

Subject:: Narratives
Format:: Landscape (wider)
Source:: Robarts Library, the Internet Archive

Book

Title:: The poems of Coleridge
Author(s):: Coleridge, Samuel Taylor
Publisher:: London, New York: John Lane, n.d. [1907]
Open Library:: View record.

Description

Cupid runs away clutching his bow in an eerie forest as female faces seem to arise from the vegetation and pursue him.
This artwork is used as headpiece illustration for the poem The Picture, or the Lover’s Resolution.

Keywords: 1900s, 20th century, black & white, eerie, running, supernatural, woodland