Frontispiece: Clerk Colvill details |
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| Image title: | Frontispiece: Clerk Colvill | |
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| Source: | Rackham, Arthur: “Some British Ballads” (1919) | |
| Place shown: | Slane, County Meath, Ireland | |
| Keywords: | people, trees, water, swords, mermaids, colour | |
| Status: | public domain in the USA, out of copyright in Canada, hence royalty-free stock image for all purposes and no usage credit required | |
Notes: |
The young man clutches his hat with one hand and with the other holds aloft a sword as he kneels at the edge of a pond. From that same pond a mermaid rises up, arms raised, breasts bare. This beautiful painting by Arthur Rackham illustrates the ballad Clerk Colvill. |
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| Dimensions: | 126 x 172mm (5.0 x 6.8 inches) | |
| Filename: | 000-Clerk-Colvill-q75-365x500.jpg | |
| Blog link: | http://www.fromoldbooks.org/Rackham-SomeBritishBallads/pages/000-Clerk-Colvill//000-Clerk-Colvill-q75-365x500.jpg | |
| Painter: | Arthur Rackham (1867 – 1939) | |
| Comment: | Add a link, leave a comment or change keywords | |
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