This is a curious illustration from a poetry book published in the 1920s, the illustrator is Harry Clarke who I hadn’t heard of before. It is to my mind in the same genre as Audrey Beardsley. Some of his others in the book are in colour and most attractive, it reminds me of that group of artist what Id call faerie art. Im not an expert in art but given that poetry is my thing Ive bought the book second hand, it is called The Year’s at the Spring, it is an anthology of popular poetry from that time. I found it as I was looking for more of Alice Meynell’s poetry and she is one of the contributors.
Id be interested to see what art appeals to others. On the advice of another member the file is a screenshot of the larger image, so small enough to upload, hence its lack of resolution
Alice
