#john farleigh

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Bernard Shaw - The Adventures of The Black Girl in Her Search for God - Constable & Company Limited - 1932 (designed and engraved by John Farleigh)

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John Farleigh (1900−1965), “In My End is My Beginning”

wood engraving, n.d.

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Milestone Monday

Born to be Unbound

Born on this day in 1792, Percy Bysshe Shelley (1792-1822) gave poetry its fiercest winds and brightest flames, none more searing than in Prometheus Unbound, his lyrical, revolutionary response to Aeschylus’ ancient tragedy. Considered one of the major English Romantic poets, Shelley drew on the structure and spirit of Greek Tragedy to craft works that fused ancient myth with revolutionary ideals.

This 1965 Limited Editions Club volume carries the titan's defiance across centuries. It pairs Aeschylus' Prometheus Bound, translated by Rex Warner (1905-1986), an English classicist, novelist, and interpreter of classical texts, with Shelley’s visionary sequel, Prometheus Unbound. Warner contributes a thoughtful preface, bridging ancient myth with Romantic idealism. The volume features sixteen monochrome drawings by John Farleigh (1900-1965), a celebrated English printmaker and designer, known for his dynamic wood engravings. 

Each page becomes a testament to rebellion, endurance, and the imagination’s power to liberate.

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--Melissa (boundless, like flame), Distinctive Collections Library Assistant

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John Farleigh (British | 1900 - 1965)

Dahlia, 1951

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The Black Girl in Search of God and some Lesser Tales, a collection of short works by George Bernard Shaw with a cover by John Farleigh.

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John Farleigh, Rose, wood engraving, 1936.

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John Farleigh Wood-Engraving ‘Composition’ 1961.

(Source: artnet.com)