Study for "From Her Fayre Eyes He Took Commandëment"

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Study for "From Her Fayre Eyes He Took Commandëment"
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Study for "From Her Fayre Eyes He Took Commandëment"

Date1934
Illustration Citation"Clipping the Wings of Fear," by Rufus Steele, Christian Science Monitor, August 22, 1934.
MediumWatercolor and graphite on cardstock
Dimensionscomposition: 10 9/16 × 9 1/4 in. (26.8 × 23.5 cm)
sheet: 14 1/2 × 10 5/8 in. (36.8 × 27 cm)
Credit LineGift of the Violet Oakley Foundation, 1982
Object number1982-84
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Label TextThis drawing illustrates a scene from The Faerie Queen by Sir Edmund Spenser. The inscription repeats the second to last line of the epic poem's first section, "Una and the Lion."
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