'The Blessed Damozel’
William Brown Macdougall
1898
Wood engraving
9¾ x 6¾ inches
The Blessed Damozel, no pagination.
An Art Nouveau border for Rossetti’s poem. Macdougall draws a strong contrast between absolute black and white in the manner of Beardsley. The emanating vines and fruits are typical of the sort of motif that features in the ‘New Style’.
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