Through Weeds and Thorns

All Resolutions

Cupid is running away in an eerie forest as female faces seem to pursue him

Headpiece to "The Picture, or the Lover’s Resolution."

Artist

Name:: Metcalfe, Gerald Fenwick
Dates:: fl. 1890-1930
Country:: UK

Illustration

Subject:: Narratives
Format:: Landscape (wider)
Source:: Robarts Library, the Internet Archive

Book

Title:: The poems of Coleridge
Author:: Coleridge, Samuel Taylor
Publisher:: London, New York: John Lane, n.d. [1907]
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Cupid runs away clutching his bow in an eerie forest as female faces seem to arise from the vegetation and pursue him.
This artwork is used as headpiece illustration for the poem The Picture, or the Lover’s Resolution.

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