#dorothy carleton smyth

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Scottish artist Dorothy Carleton Smyth (1880-1933) design featuring King Arthur for a collection of poetry by Lord Alfred Tennyson

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THE POEMS OF ALFRED LORD TENNYSON. (London: Macmillan, 1899). ‘Vellucent’ binding by Cedric Chivers, Hand-painted by Dorothy Carleton Smyth.

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by Dorothy Carleton Smyth

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Dorothy Carleton Smyth

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Sheet music cover for “Götterdämmerung” illustrated by Scottish artist Dorothy Carleton Smyth, ca.1898–1905. Paper, ink, gouache, watercolour.

Götterdämmerung is the fourth part of Wagner's Ring Cycle.

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King Arthur, Pendragon' illustration by Dorothy Carleton Smyth, 1899.

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The Poems of Alfred, Lord Tennyson (1899) Dorothy Carleton Smyth

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King Arthur, Pendragon (front cover), illustrated by Dorothy Carleton Smyth, The Poems of Alfred, Lord Tennyson, 1899

Guinevere, His Queen (back cover), illustrated by Dorothy Carleton Smyth, The Poems of Alfred, Lord Tennyson, 1899

[gilgalahad]

Scottish artist Dorothy Carleton Smyth (1880-1933) book cover design for Richard Wagner's 'Score for Gotterdammerung' 1898

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The Works of Alfred Lord Tennyson. Superb "Vellucent" Binding by Cedric Chivers. Hand-Painted By Dorothy Carleton Smyth. London: Macmillan and Co., 1899.

Inserted engraved frontispiece of Tennyson by G. J. Stodart. Chivers invented the "vellucent" binding. Full transparent vellum over paper boards with two fine pen-and-ink and watercolor designed panels by Smyth. The front cover with gilt title "King Arthur Pendragon" depicts King Arthur in armor kneeling, holding his sword. The back cover with gilt title "Guinevere His Queen" depicts Guinevere kneeling, praying and leaning on a Book of Hours.

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book cover Dorothy Carleton Smyth hand-painted for a collection of poetry by Lord Alfred Tennyson

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