English book-illustration of to-day; appreciations of the work of living English illustrators, with lists of their books (1903)
Sketchley, R. E. D. (Rose Esther Dorothea), b. 1875 · London : K. Paul, Trench, Trübner and co., ltd. · leaf 98
e woodman, deathmeets the wayfarer on the high-road. There is nooutfacing the menace of death. But to Mr. Strang,the sublimity of Bunyans poor man, who over-comes all influences of mortality by the strengthof his faith, is a possible faft. His ballad illustra-tions deal finely with various aspects… … 62 ENGLISH BOOK-ILLUSTRATION of cultivation, conquers the adverse wildness ofnature, makes its force productive of prosperityand order ; then, on a midday of harvest, sleeps,and the * earth fiend, finding his tyrant defence-less, steals on him and kills him as he lies. Deathand the Ploughmans Wife…
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