Illustration to 'The Union of Love': Design for Valentine 'Cherry Ripe'

Details

Walter Crane, R.W.S. (1845-1915)
Illustration to 'The Union of Love': Design for Valentine 'Cherry Ripe'
signed with device (lower right)
pencil, pen and brown ink and watercolour heightened with touches of white and gold
3 3/8 x 4 in. (13.3 x 10.2 cm.)
in a Ruskin Pattern frame

Provenance

Commissioned from the artist by Marcus Ward & Co., Belfast, 1874.
with Obach & Co., London.

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Sale room notice

Please note that this is an illustration to Quiver of Love and not as stated in the catalogue.

Lot Essay

This charming drawing is previously unrecorded in Crane's oeuvre. It may possibly be a design for a valentine card. It has also been linked by a contemporary hand to a book called The Union of Love, however, to date, research has not uncovered details of this publication.

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