The Eve of Crecy'

Watercolor painting--19th century.

English poetry--19th century.

The composition features three elegantly dressed women set against a rich green background. The central figure, with long golden hair and a serene expression, sits or stands with her hands delicately raised to her chest. Her gown, decorated with gold detailing and flowing white fabric, emphasizes her prominence. On either side, two women in matching green dresses hold bunches of white flowers and face slightly toward the center. The symmetrical composition and floral motifs lend a sense of ritual or symbolic reverence. Signed “Margaret Macdonald 1897” in the lower left.

Pencil, watercolor, gold and silver paint on vellum

Mackintosh, Margaret Macdonald, 1864-1933

State University of New York at Buffalo. Poetry Collection

State University of New York at Buffalo. University Libraries

1897

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2013-06-26

The defence of Guenevere, and other poems. Z232.M87 no.A5b