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Walter Crane

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Woman in a yellow gown with blossom and daffodils walks a cobbled Italian street beside a white dove, with an obelisk behind

A Herald of Spring

1872

Walter Crane watercolor of a woman in a blue patterned robe and white cap standing before a flower garden.

Woman in a Kimono

1910

Winged figure with a scythe mowing a meadow of flowers before a large golden sun, with small dancing figures below.

Schnitter Tod

1900

Woman in white dress lying in a dark boat drifting on a river under overhanging trees at dusk.

The Lady of Shalott

1862

Painting of Neptune driving a team of white horses through a large curling wave toward a sandy shore.

Neptune's Horses

1892

Painting of a black-winged reaper with a scythe mowing a meadow of flowers at dusk, with small figures dancing below.

Reaper Death

1900

Painting of women in classical robes processing under a yellow canopy through a spring meadow with pines and blossoms.

The Advent of Spring

1873

Allegorical painting of a bridge procession above a boat carrying a shrouded body, with winged figures and mourning women.

The Bridge of Life

1884

Nude figures run along a dark mound at night, passing flaming torches under a starry sky, in a painting by Walter Crane.

Race of Hero Spirits Pass

1909

Watercolor of tall poplars beside a rippling river, with a figure in a meadow and a cloudy lavender sky.

Bit of the Avon

1893

Painting of four draped women with flowers, fruit, and a wreath in a garden, with a cherub, hooded figure, and old piper.

A Masque for the Four Seasons, by Walter Crane, 1905-1909, oil on canvas - Hessisches Landesmuseum Darmstadt - Darmst…

1905

Grey and olive painting of white waves breaking around dark rocks, with a distant headland under an overcast sky.

Coastal scene

Walter Crane Dove ceiling design: brown printed panels with doves and fans pasted over a green and yellow wallpaper sheet.

Blad behangpapier 'Dove ceiling

1875

Black-and-white print of a winged figure pouring from a jug over an infant, with verse in calligraphic text below.

Cartouche met baby op schoot bij een gevleugeld figuur

1886

Black and white print with ornate border showing a banquet, a pouring figure, a reclining woman, and a poem.

Cartouche met drinkend gezelschap

1886

Black and white line print of a male and female figure framing a circle of verse, with star and wave ornament below.

Cartouche met man en vrouw in het heelal

1886

Line print of two mermaids by a fountain and a woman with raised arms beside a blossoming tree, framed by a poem's text.

Cartouche met twee zeemeerminnen en een vrouw met opgeheven armen

1886

Printed fable page with a reclining lion in a decorative frame, a mouse gnawing a net, and two verse texts in yellow and blac

Leeuwin met muis en een leeuw in een net

1887

Orange and black print of two women waking in bed, a robed figure holding an hourglass, and roosters in roundels, with verse

Twee vrouwen op bed en een vrouw met zandloper

1887

Printed page with two fables in yellow and black: a cow and dog at a manger, and frogs beside a bull, with verse text.

Hond, rund en kikkers

1887

Printed page by Walter Crane with two fable verses and colored scenes of a man on horseback chasing a stag and a man leading

Jager en man met ezel

1887

Watercolor of a young man in a grey suit writing in a notebook in a sunlit room with a window and books.

Yew tree farm

1905

White chalk drawing on gray paper of a winged sphinx beside a nude figure with raised arms under a crescent moon.

The Riddle of the Sphinx

1886

Ink drawing of a robed woman reaching toward foliage beside a flame, with a temple and trees behind her in a black border.

Myrto's invocation

Line print of three reclining sirens framing a small sailing boat on the sea, with a decorative border and poem text.

Cartouche met drie figuren en een roeiboot

1886

Title page with three mermaids playing lyres above swans, and the words The Sirens Three by Walter Crane.

Zeemeerminnen met instrument en zeedieren

1886

Black and white print with calligraphic verse, winged figure reaching to cherubs, and robed figure in a niche, by Walter Cran

Cartouche met kinderen bij een sfinx en man bij een gevleugeld figuur

1886

Black and white print with a central verse cartouche surrounded by fantasy figures, winged beings, a child, and ornamental fo

Cartouche met fantasiefiguren

1886

Black-and-white print with ornamental border of reclining woman, skull in a dish, and struggling figures around a poem in scr

Cartouche met figuren die wegkruipen en naar een schaal reiken

1886

Print with a winged angel drawing back a curtain, revealing a nude man with an hourglass beside a verse text.

Cartouche met gevleugelde man en vrouw bij een gordijn

1886

Pen drawing by Walter Crane: a seated woman holds an infant as kneeling figures bring gifts, framed by ornamental foliage and

Cartouche met figuren die geschenken brengen aan een kind

1886

Ink line drawing of a winged woman over a starred sky, with poppies in the corner and handwritten verse above.

Cartouche met gevleugelde vrouw en papavers

1886

Black-and-white print of a knight on horseback spearing a winged dragon, with archers, drunken figures and factory chimneys.

Ridder te paard valt een draak aan

1911

Printed page with two circular illustrations of a miser with gold coins and a man carving a bird, beside fable verses.

Man begraaft een schat en man snijdt gevogelte aan

1887

Watercolor of a seated woman in a green dress and yellow shawl reading on a blue sofa beside a mantelpiece with porcelain.

Woman Seated on a Sofa

1865-1915

Watercolor of an Italian farmhouse with fig trees, an outdoor staircase, chickens and a pig in the yard.

Italian Farmhouse

1871-73

Winged allegorical woman with torch and banner strides toward a city skyline, with German poem below, by Walter Crane.

Zum achtzehnten März

1898

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

Red and black print with a watchman and beacon, and an oval scene of Iphigeneia's sacrifice framed by mythological figures.

Wachter en het offer van Iphigeneia

1887

Red-ink printed page with verse and decorative borders of robed figures and a frieze of two eagles over a hare.

Groep mannen en vrouwen en twee vogels bij een konijn

1887

Red-ink printed page with Greek drama text framed by Walter Crane borders of draped women and a torch-bearing figure.

Clytaemnestra en vrouwen die doeken dragen

1887

Engraved page by Walter Crane showing a woman with raised arms beside a fiery altar in a Greek palace, framed by red borders

Terugkomst van Agamemnon

1887

Line print of Clytemnestra pointing at dead Agamemnon and Cassandra in a palace, with verse and red borders, 1887.

Clytaemnestra doodt Agamemnon en Cassandra

1887

Black and white print of women pouring libations at a stone tomb in a cypress grove, beside a red-bordered poem panel.

Cartouche en voorstelling van vrouwen bij het graf van Agamemnon

1887

Printed page with verse text and black-and-white illustrations of Cassandra in classical dress, framed by red ornamental bord

Twee voorstellingen van Cassandra

1887

Two framed panels: a woman pouring a libation at a tomb, and a man and woman embracing beneath a tree, with verse text.

Twee voorstellingen van Elektra en Orestes

1887

Black and red printed page with an engraved scene of Orestes before Athene and the Furies, plus verse and a laurel-wreathed o

Cartouche en voorstelling van de vrijspraak van Orestes

1887

Two-page print with Greek-style figures, armored warriors and vine borders beside chorus verses, by Walter Crane, 1887.

Processie met furiën

1887

Red-brown ink drawing of a figure in a tunic pushing through thorny briars and tree trunks, with roses in the corners.

Prince Charming in the Forest

Pen drawing of a flying crane carrying a scroll signed Walter Crane, with an arrow, monogram and date below.

Kraanvogel

1899

Printed page with two fable illustrations: a rooster beside a pearl, and a wolf confronting a lamb by a stream, with verse te

Haan, wolf en lam

1887

Pencil sketch in a circle of Victorian men in top hats and women in crinoline dresses strolling under trees.

Kensington Gardens [recto]

1863

Ink and white drawing of a robed statue on a sphere, flanked by seated draped women on a stepped plinth.

Design for a Shakespeare Memorial

Printed sheet music for Polly Put the Kettle On, with two women tending a kettle at a hearth above the staves.

Bladmuziek met vrouw die een ketel van het vuur haalt

1878

Line print of classical figures including a winged Eros and draped women, beside a Dramatis Personae list in red borders.

Helena wordt gepresenteerd aan Paris en een cartouche met figuur bij een gordijn

1887

Red and black printed page with verse text framed by ornamental borders showing Achilles, Helen, and Trojan War scenes.

Voorstellingen uit de Trojaanse oorlog

1887

Title page with two seated classical women beside a flaming brazier, framed by columns and red and black decorative borders.

Twee figuren bij een vuur in een tempel

1887

Red-ink print with Hector embracing Andromache and lifting a child, flanked by poem text and classical ornamental borders.

Twee voorstellingen van Hector en Andromache

1887

Printed page with a black engraved scene of mourning figures around Achilles, framed by red borders and verse text.

Achilles in het kamp

1887

Printed page with red decorative borders, an illustration of mourning women beside a bier, and text panels with standing fema

Wenende vrouwen bij het lichaam van Hector

1887

Colored print of a crowned stork among frogs on a pond, with Jove on a cloud above and a verse panel.

Reiger en kikkers aan het water

1887

Green-ink print of a putto blowing a trumpet on a winged horse labeled Pegasus, with a small floral emblem and museum stamp.

Putto met hoorn op gevleugeld paard

1878

Watercolor of Lake Apopka, Florida, with palmetto palms, bare trees, a calm lake and a cloudy sky.

Lake Apopka, Florida

1892

Watercolor of fishing boats with brown and cream sails and nets drawn up on a sandy beach under a pale sky.

Southwold - a study of sails

1886

Black and white line print of a dancing woman with cymbals in flowing robes, set against a dark grapevine background.

Danseuse aux cymbales, gravure publiée dans l'album de clôture de l'Estampe originale - Neuvième livraison (janvier-m…

1895