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Two Pages, Illuminated, 'Sonnets from the Portuguese' by Elizabeth Barrett Browning Two pages, Illuminated, 'Sonnets from the Portuguese' by Elizabeth Barrett Browning

Phoebe Anna Traquair1894 - 1896

National Galleries Scotland: National

National Galleries Scotland: National
Edinburgh, United Kingdom

Traquair illustrated each of Elizabeth Barrett Browning’s Sonnets from the Portugese between 1892 and 1897. Browning’s text was published in 1950 and was popular at this time, containing 44 sonnets that explored the growth of love. The poem illustrated in this artwork is Sonnet 38, whose first lines read, ‘First time he kissed me, he but only kissed The fingers of this hand wherewith I write’. Traquair painted the images in these works first, using watercolours, before adding the decorative detailing in gold leaf and completing the calligraphy at the end. Although the pages were bound together as a book by Doves Press in London in 1897, Traquair also produced a number of duplicate individual pages, including this one.

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  • Title: Two Pages, Illuminated, 'Sonnets from the Portuguese' by Elizabeth Barrett Browning Two pages, Illuminated, 'Sonnets from the Portuguese' by Elizabeth Barrett Browning
  • Creator: Phoebe Anna Traquair, Phoebe Anna Traquair
  • Date Created: 1894 - 1896
  • Physical Location: Scottish National Galllery, Scottish National Galllery
  • Location Created: Scotland
  • Physical Dimensions: h 18.80, w 15.70 cm
  • Credit Line: Phoebe Anna Traquair Bequest 1938
  • Type: Work on paper
  • Rights: https://www.nationalgalleries.org/copyright-image-licensing
  • External Link: See this work at nationalgalleries.org
  • Medium: Pen and ink and bodycolour over pencil on vellum
  • Art Movement: Celtic Revival
  • Art Form: Work on paper
  • Support: Vellum
National Galleries Scotland: National

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