| Method | Wood Engraving |
| Artist | Duncan C.Dallas after Walter Crane |
| Published | Published by J.M Dent & Co., Aldine House, London, 1893. |
| Dimensions | Image 192 x 142 mm, Sheet 283 x 237 mm |
| Notes |
From a series of eight Wood Engravings illustrating Shakespeare's 'The Tempest', issued unbound in 1893. The images were also used as illustrations to the book 'The Story from the Tempest from the play of Shakespeare Retold by Alice Spencer Hoffman', in 1894. The set was limited to 650 copies. Walter Crane (1845–1915) was an English artist and book illustrator. He is considered to be the most prolific and influential children's book creator of his generation. He is also thought of as one of the strongest contributors to the child's nursery motif that the genre of English children's illustrated literature would exhibit in its developmental stages in the latter nineteenth-century. A prominent part of the Arts and Crafts movement, Crane produced an array of paintings and illustrations, inspired by writers such as Shakespeare, Spenser and Grimm. The print depicts the boatswain standing to the right of the deck and addressing four passengers. This group is comprised of Alonso, the King of Naples, as well as Sebastian, Antonio and Gonzalo. As the boatswain rouses his mariners to action, he orders the redundant group below deck. Gonzalo, finger outsretched accusingly, reminds the shipmaster of the Royal personage on board. The boatswain's retort appears below the image: "Hence! What care these roarers for the name of king?-" In the background, crashing waves and a lightning bolt allude to the tempest. Lettered at lower right corner of image with 'C' encircling a small image of a bird, as a reference to 'Crane.' |
| Framing | mounted |
| Price | £175.00 |
| Stock ID | 27994 |