… Cervantes Dante Milton Rabelais & Balzac Doré illustrated oversized edition of The Raven by Edgar Allen Poe Later illustrated new edition of Coleridge’s Rime of the Ancient Mariner Tennyson’s Idyllis of the King The Divine Comedy & contributed to The Illustrated London Weekly

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S. T. Coleridge’s daughter Sara on Milton:

“In Dante’s hands the demigod sinks into the beastman, while in those of Milton devils appear as deities, fit indeed to obtain adoration from the dazzled mind,—not frightful fiends but wicked angels…”

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William Butterfield’s block plan for the Coleridge family’s home, Heath’s Court of St Mary’s Ottery, Devon, 1880-3. He was commissioned for extensive renovations following Lady Coleridge’s death in 1878, including an expansive library and stables.

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… Cervantes Dante Milton Rabelais & Balzac Doré illustrated oversized edition of The Raven by Edgar Allen Poe Later illustrated new edition of Coleridge’s Rime of the Ancient Mariner Tennyson’s Idyllis of the King The Divine Comedy & contributed to The Illustrated London Weekly

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NEW ARTWORK: AC-181 Xanadu as a playing card J♥️ (and BONUS!).

Xanadu was a medieval Chinese capital, anthemed in S.T. Coleridge’s poem Kubla Khan to an almost mythical state.

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Famous faces from stage and screen have each read sections of Samuel Taylor The Rime of the Ancient Mariner for a commission by . View an artwork by that accompanied reading https://t.co/Rfwam3unNV

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+ Cervantes Dante Milton Rabelais & Balzac Doré illustrated oversized edition of The Raven by Edgar Allen Poe Later illustrated new edition of Coleridge’s Rime of the Ancient Mariner Tennyson’s Idyllis of the King The Divine Comedy & contributed to The Illustrated London Weekly

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