O Waken, Waken, Burd Isbel details |
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| Image title: | O Waken, Waken, Burd Isbel | |
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| Source: | Rackham, Arthur: “Some British Ballads” (1919) | |
| Place shown: | none | |
| Keywords: | interiors, beds, people, furniture, 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 | |
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“O it fell once upon a day ‘O waken, waken, Burd Isbel, An imp or gnome or pixie dressed in red stands on a chair at the foot of the lady’s four-poster full-tester bed. His bare feet have long bird-like talons. The lady is in her night-clothes, sitting up and staring at him. He is telling her to go to the wedding of her lover, young Bekie, so that he will marry her. |
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| Dimensions: | 124 x 155mm (4.9 x 6.1 inches) | |
| Filename: | 012-O-Waken,-Waken,-Burd-Isbel-q75-584x723.jpg | |
| Blog link: | http://www.fromoldbooks.org/Rackham-SomeBritishBallads/pages/012-O-Waken,-Waken,-Burd-Isbel//012-O-Waken,-Waken,-Burd-Isbel-q75-404x500.jpg | |
| Painter: | Arthur Rackham (1867 – 1939) | |
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