Royal Beard

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By holy rood, a royal beard!
How say you? we have slept, my lords.
My beard has grown into my lap.

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Artist

Name:
Unknown

Illustration

Subject:
People
Technique:
Wood Engraving
Format:
Portrait (taller)
Source:
Robarts Library, the Internet Archive
Observations:
Book illustrated, engraved, and printed under the supervision of George T. Andrew

Book

Title:
The day dream
Author:
Alfred, Lord Tennyson
Publisher:
New York: E. P. Dutton & Co., 1886
Open Library:
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Description:

An old king wearing his crown looks with astonishment in the viewer’s direction while his hands play in his remarkably long and fluffy white beard.

A list of the artists who contributed to the book is given in the opening pages. It includes Charles Copeland, Harry Fenn, W. J. Fenn, Edmund H. Garrett, W. St. John Harper, H. Winthrop Pierce, and J. D. Woodward.

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