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| Antique print - Wonderful Christmas Eve Poem - Shakespeare - Hamlet 1904 by A BauerleA wonderful illustration from a vintage British journal.An lovely image of Cherubic revellers, with angel wings and pipes singing on a snowy Christmas Eve The bird of dawning singeth all night long And then, they say, no spirit dare stir abroad The nights are wholesome; then no planets strike No fairy takes, or witch hath power to charm So hallow'd and so gracious is that time. Hamlet - Shakespeare A cockerel perches on a snow covered post as the snow falls on the town rooftops. A wonderfully festive image by A Bauerle Amelia (Amalie Mathilde) Bauerle (1873 - 1916) was a London-born painter, illustrator and etcher who was also known as Amelia Bowerley. She was the daughter of the German artist Karl Wilhelm Bauerle. She studied at the South Kensington School of Art and the Slade before travelling in Italy and Germany. She exhibited paintings at the Royal Academy from 1897 until her death, and also exhibited in Paris and America. She contributed illustrations, typically art nouveau in style, to the Yellow Book. (Wikipedia) |
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