Mariana in the South (Illustration for "The Palace of Art" in Tennyson's Poems, New York, 1903)

After Dante Gabriel Rossetti British
 Engraver William James Linton British
 Publisher New Amsterdam Book Company American

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Rossetti’s 1857 illustrations of Tennyson—reissued here in 1903—incorporate startling effects derived from medieval and early Renaissance art. Space collapses, forms are cut off, and narrative details are inserted without concern for conventional perspective. Mariana kneels before a sharply receding room and kisses a crucifix. Rossetti criticized the engravers and insisted on many changes, delaying the publication.

Mariana in the South (Illustration for "The Palace of Art" in Tennyson's Poems, New York, 1903), After Dante Gabriel Rossetti (British, London 1828–1882 Birchington-on-Sea), Wood engraving

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