The Lady of Shalott
The illustrations in this work exemplify the influence of the English artists Randolph Caldecott and Walter Crane upon Pyle's early work. This was one of two books illustrated fully by Pyle, his first commissions of this type, both executed after his 1880 return to Wilmington, Delaware from New York where he had established himself as an illustrator between 1876 and 1879. Technically, these images demonstrate Pyle's influence in raising the quality of American book illustration and in pioneering the use of color printing techniques perfected in England by Edmund Evans. The binding is a fine example of a publisher's cover of a type often destroyed by later library rebinding.
Artwork Details
- Title: The Lady of Shalott
- Author: Alfred Tennyson (British, Somersby, Lincolnshire 1809–1892 Surrey)
- Illustrator: Howard Pyle (American, Wilmington, Delaware 1853–1911 Florence)
- Published in: New York
- Date: 1881
- Medium: Illustrations: color lithographs
- Dimensions: 9 1/16 x 8 1/4 x 9/16 in. (23 x 21 x 1.5 cm)
- Classification: Books
- Credit Line: Museum Accession
- Object Number: X.718
- Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints
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