And then new tears

W. R. Tymms

Designed by W and G Audsley and chromolithographed by W R Tymms

10¼ x 7½ inches

Byron, The Prisoner of Chillon.

And then new tears came in my eye/And I felt troubled’. This striking page combines stripes with foliate forms in the manner of later or 'Decorated' Gothic. The palette is livid and the detail overpowering.

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