Horatian Echo. (To an Ambitious Friend) Matthew Arnold Arnold, Matthew Illustrator Sir Edward Coley Burne-Jones Burne-Jones, Edward Illustrator Selwyn Image Image, Selwyn Metadata research and editing DVPP Project Team University of Victoria Digital Victorian Periodical Poetry Project Victoria, BC, Canada

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 Poem signed 1847. Tail-piece by Selwyn Image. The poem’s illustration, entitled Quæ est ista, quæ ascendit de deserto, deliciis affluens, innixa super dilectum suum? Canticum Canticorum, viii., 5, is separated from the poem by a blank page, but is identified as the poem’s illustration in the Table of Contents for Volume 2. (HR) The Century Guild Hobby Horse 2 7 81–82 Omit, omit, my simple friend Changed Headpiece or Tailpiece catRef to Historiated and/or Inhabited. Corrected and proofed catRef, figure, and figDesc. Added catRefs, figures, and figDescs. Generated file, added revisionDesc and set status to 'generated'.
Five barefoot women in classical dress gather under a small tree. Two women embrace; two women hold hands; one woman leans against another woman’s shoulder. Four of the five women look at a man and woman who stand together in the distance. The man and woman both wear crowns and hold each other’s arms. They look back toward the group of women. There is a stone wall in the background. The Latin poem caption is written on a banner at the top of the illustration. The main illustration is contained within a double-ruled border. A wide vegetal border with flowers and leaves surrounds the double-ruled border. The full illustration, including both aforementioned borders, is contained within a triple-ruled border. Full page.
Rectangular tailpiece depicts a figure sitting under the canopy of a large tree. The figure looks out upon a field. There are hills in the distance beyond the field. Three birds fly in the sky. 1/16-page illustration is contained within a double-ruled border with pointed corners.