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Walter Crane

94 works

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Print with two fables: reeds bending in wind beside an oak, and a fir tree above a bramble with an axe, in yellow and blue.

Eikenboom, riet, den en bramenstruik

1887

Watercolour of a garden with vines, bare trees, marble busts on pedestals, and a blue distant hillside and sea under an eveni

Garden with ruins

1890

Costume design of a woman in a yellow gown with red hearts, blue sleeves, white veil, and trailing cloak, arm outstretched.

Costume design

Gouache drawing of three goddesses in a chariot through clouds, with a helmeted figure and flocks of birds.

Three goddesses (allegorical study)

Two Walter Crane illustrations of flower-costumed women, one with a marigold and lamb, one carrying a flower pail, with verse

Vrouwen in bloemenkostuum

1889

Two pages of Walter Crane print: a child and figure among yellow buttercups, and a lord and lady in green hooded robes with s

Figuren in plantenkostuum

1889

Hand-colored print of an armored knight and flower-costumed figures beside calligraphic verse, with tulip figures on the faci

Ridder en vier mannen in bloemenkostuum

1889

Two illustrated plates: women among blue hyacinth bells, and riders in striped costumes beside tall yellow and purple iris fl

Twee vrouwen en twee ruiters in plantenkostuum

1889

Two female figures in plant costumes, one with hawthorn blossom and one with a daisy headdress, with calligraphic verses abov

Twee figuren in plantenkostuum

1889

Colour print of flower fairies: two women with lily of the valley and a man in a peony costume beside a child with a pink blo

Vier figuren in een plantenkostuum

1889

Two facing pages with calligraphic verse; a woman with columbine flowers and a cupid on the left, a rose-gowned woman and win

Vrouw met bloemen en liefdespaar omringd door een roos

1889

Colour print of rose fairies among wild roses and a forget-me-not fairy beside a brook, with decorative verse above.

Drie figuren in bloemenkostuum

1889

Two pages of a printed book showing women with white lilies on the left and children in orange flower costumes with lilies on

Vijf figuren in bloemenkostuum

1889

Colour print of a monk with bluebell-costumed figures, and a daisy-costumed figure beside a cow in a meadow, with verse text.

Oude man bij twee figuren in bloemenkostuum en figuur in bloemenkostuum bij een koe

1889

Two pages of colour print with figures in flower costumes: cornflower and corn marigold on the left, honeysuckle and convolvu

Vier figuren in bloemenkostuum

1889

Brown ink design of a helmeted charioteer driving horses, framed by blank banners and a striped decorative border.

Design for Trade Card [The Sun Life Assurance Society]

1880-89

Two colored illustrations of a knight with a hollyhock and a woman with sunflowers, with decorative verse text.

Man en vrouw in bloemenkostuum

1889

Hand-colored print: a triton blows a horn among green plants, and a woman with tigers emerges from lilies beside calligraphic

Man en vrouw in plantenkostuum en tijgers die uit een bloem komen

1889

Two-page print of stylized women in floral costumes with chrysanthemums and a Christmas rose, with calligraphic verse text.

Drie vrouwen in bloemenkostuum

1889

Grisaille drawing of a woman with a flower wreath before a mirror held by a winged-helmet figure, with irises beside her.

The Mirror of Venus, or L'Art et Vie (Art and Life)

ca. 1890

Printed sheet music with lyrics, framed by a teal border showing a flying woman on a broom among spider webs and a moon.

Bladmuziek met vrouw, bezem en spinnenweb

1878

Colour print of a woman carrying brooms in a garden while a mother and child watch from a brick house window.

Vrouw verkoopt bezems aan huis

1878

Printed lullaby sheet music with a woman rocking a cradle, decorative borders, sun and moon, and German verses.

Bladmuziek met vrouw bij een wieg

1878

Colour print of a young couple on a garden bench, with a cherub at a window and a child beneath blossoming trees.

Jongen en meisje op een bank voor een huis

1878

Three-panel colour print of farm scenes with a farmer and ox, a cottage with a pig, and a horse with a fallen rider.

Drie voorstellingen met vee in een landschap

1878

Colored print of sheet music for 'And the Pedlar' with verses, and an illustration of a pedlar cutting a woman's petticoat.

Bladmuziek met man die de rok van een vrouw knipt

1878

Colour print of an old woman selling bread from a basket to two children at a doorway, with a woman holding a plate.

Verkoopster bij een huis met vrouw en twee kinderen

1878

Black and tan print of a winged-helmet female figure in a flower wreath with Dutch socialist slogans on ribbons.

Dag van de Arbeid

1895

Red and black printed page with two framed scenes of Odysseus, a galley, sirens with a harp, and printed verse.

Odysseus bij Polyphemus, de sirenen en Scylla

1887

Black and red line illustration of Ulysses with Circe and Calypso in ornamental borders, with verse text.

Odysseus bij Circe en het afscheid van Odysseus en Calypso

1887

Red-ink printed page with Walter Crane borders, a vignette of a sleeping woman and a chariot, and verse for Nausicaa's dream.

Voorstellingen van Nausikäa en haar droom

1887

Black-and-white print with red borders: armed men with bows on the left, and a man embracing a woman beside a brazier on the

Odysseus en Telemachus schieten met pijl en boog, en Penelope omhelst Odysseus

1887