The Sleeping Beauty Illustrated by Walter Crane

THE SLEEPING BEAUTY. Long, long ago, in ancient times, there lived a King and Queen, And for the blessing of a child their longing sore had been: At last, a little daughter fair, to their great joy, was given, And to the christening feast they made, they bade the Fairies seven— The Fairies seven, who…

Notes on Design in Books – Walter Crane

  . .    .  . BIBLE, HEINRICH QUENTEL. (COLOGNE, 1480.) .  .  . .    .    . . .  . .      .  .  . . ALBRECHT DÜRER, “KLEINE PASSION.” (NUREMBERG, 1512.) ALBRECHT DÜRER, “KLEINE PASSION.” (NUREMBERG, 1512.) GERMAN SCHOOL.XVIth CENTURY. ALBRECHT DÜRER, “KLEINE PASSION.” (NUREMBERG, 1512.) GERMAN SCHOOL.XVIth CENTURY. ALBRECHT DÜRER. (NUREMBERG, HEINRICH…

Notes on Design – Walter Crane

  The curve (1. Q) is a proposition or question. It is answered or balanced by the corresponding curve (2. A), and forms the basis for a scroll design. The five radiating lines (1) are obviously incomplete by themselves, but if we add another [36]four, in reverse order, (2) we get a centred and symmetric motive…

Legend of Winter and Christmas – Walter Crane

Jack Frost sends his Herald -3- without their leaves, -4- and just as the World is thinking of skating— -5- comes Thaw; -6- followed by Fog, in which Lionel begins to look out for Xmas. -7- He sees dim and cloudy outlines, -8- across a white expanse, dotted with sugar-plums, -9- which led him to…

The Baby’s Opera – Nursery Tales & Songs Walter Crane

CONTENTS Page 9. Girls and Boys. 10, 11. The Mulberry Bush. 12. Oranges and Lemons. 13. St. Paul’s Steeple. 14, 15. My Lady’s Garden. 16. Natural History. 17. Lavender’s Blue. 18, 19. I saw Three Ships. 20. Ding Dong Bell. 21. Puss at Court. 22. Three Blind Mice. 23. Dickory Dock. 24, 25. Ye Frog’s Wooing. 26, 27. Ye Frog and Ye Crow. 28, 29. Mrs. Bond. 30. Xmas Day in ye Morning. 31. Little Jack…

A Flower Wedding – Walter Crane

[1] A FLOWER WEDDING DESCRIBED·BY TWO WALLFLOWERSDECORATED·BY WALTER·CRANE CASSELL·&·COMPANY·1905 [2] A·FLOWER·WEDDING Yes, flower bells rang right merry that day, When there was a marriage of flowers, they say. [3] Young LAD’S LOVE had courted Miss Meadow·Sweet, And the two soon agreed at the Altar to meet. [4] A LILY white robe was worn by the Bride, And SWEET WILLIAM, the Groom, drest in red, at her…

A Floral Fantasy in an Old English Garden – Walter Crane

SWEET WILLIAM with MARYGOLD Seek HEARTSEASE in the close box-border. Where, starched in their ruff’s stiff fold, DUTCH DAHLIAS prim, keep order. NARCISSUS bends over the brook, Intent upon DAFFA-DOWN-DILLY: KNIGHT’S SPUR to the LADIES BOWER To seek for the LADIES SLIPPER .