Thursday, April 2, 2015

Tam Lin Artwork

I recently became aware of the artwork section of the site tam-lin.org. It has some wonderful and imaginative illustrations of the the ancient fairy tale "Tam Lin". This one in particular struck me; it's by Vernon Hill, an artist I am not familiar with but will have to do some research on now.

Vernon Hill, 1912, Tamlane http://tam-lin.org/images/artwork/books/weirdandwonderful.png

I think what I like is the starkness of the scene. To me it conveys how afraid and alone Janet must have felt. But she is also resolved, determined, and focused. Brave girl.

2 comments:

  1. The illustration is from a book, Ballads Weird and Wonderful, 1912. It's available online at https://archive.org/details/balladsweirdwond00choprich

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    1. Oh wow, that's wonderful! I'll enjoy looking through that.

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