A Christmas Carol Christina Georgina Rossetti Rossetti, Christina G. Illustrator George Frederick Watts Watts, George Frederick Metadata research and editing DVPP Project Team University of Victoria Digital Victorian Periodical Poetry Project Victoria, BC, Canada

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 The poem’s illustration, entitled The Angel of Death Crowning Innocence, is separated from the poem by a blank page, but is identified as facing the poem in the Table of Contents for Volume 2. (HR) The Century Guild Hobby Horse 2 5 1 Whoso hears a chiming for Christmas at the nighest Corrected and proofed catRef, figure, and figDesc. Added catRef, figure, and figDesc. Generated file, added revisionDesc and set status to 'generated'.
A veiled angel hunches over and places a crown on a baby whom she cradles in her lap. The angel has large dark wings which she folds around her body, enveloping herself and the baby. Her hand obscures the baby’s face. The poem caption identifies the angel as “the Angel of Death” and the baby as “Innocence”. Full page.