The Prince's Progress, and Other Poems

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Following the publication of Christina Rossetti’s Goblin Market in 1862, Dante Gabriel Rossetti helped launch his sister’s second volume of poetry. The Prince’s Progress tells of a princess awaiting the return of her tarrying prince. These illustrations allude to the beginning and the end of the tale. The title-page image shows a confined figure gazing out a window into an empty walled garden. The frontispiece shows the prince arriving, after a series of temptations and self-indulgences, only to find that the princess has died. After 1851 Rossetti stopped exhibiting at the Royal Academy, so his work was known to the public mostly through illustrations.

The Prince's Progress, and Other Poems, Christina Georgina Rossetti (British, London 1830–1894 London), Illustrations: wood engraving

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The Prince's Progress, and Other Poems, Christina Georgina Rossetti (British, London 1830–1894 London), Illustrations: wood engraving
The Prince's Progress, and Other Poems, Christina Georgina Rossetti (British, London 1830–1894 London), Illustrations: wood engraving
The Prince's Progress, and Other Poems, Christina Georgina Rossetti (British, London 1830–1894 London), Illustrations: wood engraving

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