#flora's feast

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[heaveninawildflower]

‘Lady Smocks all silver white.’

Postcard from a set based on ‘Flora’s Feast’ by Walter Crane (1845–1915). Published by Koch & Palm

Image and text courtesy MFA Boston.

[heaveninawildflower]

‘Lords and Ladies of the Wood.’

Postcard from a set based on ‘Flora’s Feast’ by Walter Crane (1845–1915). Published by Koch & Palm

Image and text courtesy MFA Boston.

[lepetitdragonvert]

Flora's Feast : A masque of flowers. London : Cassell & Co. 1889. Art by Walter Crane.(1845-1915).

[heaveninawildflower]

'Ere doth the floral pageant close with one last flower - a Christmas Rose.' From Flora's Feast: A masque of flowers (published 1889). Illustrator Walter Crane ( 1845–1915), Publisher Cassell & Co.

Image and text courtesy MFA Boston.

[heaveninawildflower]

'The Violet and the Primrose dame, with modest mien but hearts aflame.' Illustration from 'Flora's Feast' (London Cassell 1889) by Walter Crane (1845-1915).

Image and text courtesy NYPL Digital Gallery.

[heaveninawildflower]

 'Then lilies turned to Tiger's blaze amid the garden's tangled maze' illustration by Walter Crane ( 1845–1915 ). From ‘Flora’s Feast’ published 1889 by Cassell & Co.

Image and text courtesy MFA Boston.

[heaveninawildflower]

'Sweet hyacinths their bells did ring' illustration by Walter Crane ( 1845–1915 ). From ‘Flora’s Feast’ published 1889 by Cassell & Co.

Image and text courtesy MFA Boston.