Illustration for "The Romaunt of the Rose"

William Shakespeare Burton (1824-1916)

Engraver: Joseph Swain

1864

Wood engraving

6½ x 4¾ inches (16.5 12.0 cm)

Once a Week, 21 May 1864, p.602.

This illustrates an episode in the ballad "The Romaunt of the Rose (A Cornish Legend)" by Morgan George Watkins (1836-1911). See below for commentary.

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