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And beautiful as some fair saint.
Artist
- Name:
- Benham, Jane E.
- Dates:
- 1829-1904
- Country:
- UK
Illustration
- Subject:
- People
- Technique:
- Wood engraving
- Engraver:
- Vizetelly, Henry
- Format:
- Portrait (taller)
- Source:
- The Boston Public Library, the Internet Archive
Book
- Title:
- Poems (Longfellow)
- Author(s):
- Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth
- Publisher:
- Boston: Ticknor, Reed, and Fields, 1852
- Open Library:
- View record.
Description
The moon is represented as a half-naked woman standing on a cloud and wearing a gown which covers only the top of her head. She bears a crescent in her hands, which she holds above her head.
Keywords: 1850s, 19th century, allegory, black & white, moon, nudity, Ticknor, Victorian


