Figure descriptions
A decorated initial letter “H” from the poem’s first word, “Husband,” appears to float
in the top-left corner of the
illustration. Branches and curled twigs extend from the letter’s extremities. Below
and to the right of the initial letter, an
ornately dressed young woman sits at the bottom of a flight of stairs with a folded
fan in her hand. To her left, Cupid loads an
arrow into his bow. A man stands in front the woman and looks down at her while turned
away from the viewer. He holds his hat behind
his back with his right hand, and appears to hold a single rose in front of him with
his left hand. 1/2 page.
