A Regency Lady's Faery Bower
Condition: SECONDHAND
This is a secondhand book. The jacket image is a photograph of the exact copy we have in stock. This image shows the condition of this book. Further condition remarks are below.
Condition remarks:
Condition: Good. Jacket: Worn with minor tear to edge. Page Condition: Good - pages appear clean and bright. Markings: No markings visible. Binding: Tight and secure. No stickers or labels visible. Book and dust jacket presented together in good overall condition.
A charming and visually enchanting volume, A Regency Lady's Faery Bower presents the intimate artistic world of Amelia Jane Murray, a Victorian-era noblewoman whose delicate botanical and fairy illustrations capture the romantic sensibility of the nineteenth century. Murray's work sits firmly within the tradition of Regency and Victorian decorative art, where accomplished ladies of society channelled their creativity into exquisite watercolours, needlework designs, and whimsical nature studies. The illustrations chronicle a world of floral fantasies and ethereal fairy figures nestled amongst roses and trailing greenery, rendered with a lightness of touch that reflects both the artistic conventions and the imaginative spirit of her age. This lavish reproduction brings Murray's rarely seen private artworks to a wider audience, offering an invaluable window into the domestic artistic culture of upper-class Regency England. It is an indispensable treasure for collectors of Victorian art, social historians, and admirers of fairy illustration alike.
Author: Amelia Jane Murray
Format: Hardback
Published: 1985, Holt, Rinehart and Winston
Genre: Antiques & collectibles
Condition remarks:
Condition: Good. Jacket: Worn with minor tear to edge. Page Condition: Good - pages appear clean and bright. Markings: No markings visible. Binding: Tight and secure. No stickers or labels visible. Book and dust jacket presented together in good overall condition.
A charming and visually enchanting volume, A Regency Lady's Faery Bower presents the intimate artistic world of Amelia Jane Murray, a Victorian-era noblewoman whose delicate botanical and fairy illustrations capture the romantic sensibility of the nineteenth century. Murray's work sits firmly within the tradition of Regency and Victorian decorative art, where accomplished ladies of society channelled their creativity into exquisite watercolours, needlework designs, and whimsical nature studies. The illustrations chronicle a world of floral fantasies and ethereal fairy figures nestled amongst roses and trailing greenery, rendered with a lightness of touch that reflects both the artistic conventions and the imaginative spirit of her age. This lavish reproduction brings Murray's rarely seen private artworks to a wider audience, offering an invaluable window into the domestic artistic culture of upper-class Regency England. It is an indispensable treasure for collectors of Victorian art, social historians, and admirers of fairy illustration alike.