Arthur Rackham Gallery

Philemon and Baucis

Philemon and Baucis, two hospitable cottagers, ask the gods that they may die together, so P is turned into an oak tree and B to a linden, their branches intertwining

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Baucis, Branches, Classical, Cottagers, Die, Gods, Historical, History, Hospitable, Intertwining, Linden, Myth, Oak, Philemon, Tree, Turned

A Midsummer Nights Dream, illustrated by Arthur Rackham, 1939

Fine Print Collection, SR OS 40/1939-40: William Shakespeare, Herbert Farjeon [edited by], Arthur Rackham [illustrated by], A Midsummer Night's Dream, New York: The Limited Editions Club, 1939, The Shakespeare Birthplace Trust Library and Archive

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1939, A Midsummer Nights Dream, Arthur Rackham

Ballad / Twa Corbies

THE TWA CORBIES Two crows plan to dine on the body of a new-slain knight, then o'er his white banes, when they are bare, the wind sall blaw for evermair. Date: traditional

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Ballad, Ballads, Banes, Bare, Blaw, Body, Books, Corbies, Crows, Dine, Historical, History, Knight, New, Plan, Sall, Slain, Traditional, Twa, White, Wind