Sacred and Legendary Art (2 Volumes)
London: Longmans, Green & Co., 1905. New Impression. 8vo. xx, 394; xv, 395-818 pp. Index. Illustrated with designs from ancient and modern art. Green cloth with gilt decoration & lettering. A very good set (light wear to extremities; hinges cracked in Vol. I but holding; light soiling). Item #20567
Containing legends of the angels and archangels, the evangelists, the apostles, the doctors of the church, and St. Mary Magdalene. Anna Jameson, the great friend of Elizabeth Barrett Browning, who accompanied her to Italy upon her elopement with Robert, had grown up with her father, Denis Brownell Murphy, who was court painter in residence at Windsor Castle, having access to rich treasures of art which she could study. Her book on Christian art (among many others she wrote) was to influence Ruskin and the Pre-Raphaelites.
Price: $75.00