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Walter Crane was born in Liverpool in 1845, the second son of Thomas Crane, himself a portrait painter and miniaturist. In 1858, aged just 13, Walter Crane produced a set of coloured page designs, integrating the text, for Tennyson's poem Lady of Shalott. These were shown to a respected wood-engraver, W J Linton, who immediately offered Crane a 3 year apprenticeship. In the spring of 1862, Crane completed a small painting of the Lady of Shalott that was subsequently exhibited at the Royal Academy. He went on to produce superb coloured illustrations for children's books, including The Frog Prince and Other Stories. He admired Japanese coloured prints, and from the early 1880s he also took an interest in textile and wallpaper design, influenced by the work of William Morris. Early on he showed a flair for unity of design, often printing the words directly into the illustration. In his view, this integration of calligraphy and decorative art reflected back to the beauty of old illuminated books. Here, in Flowers from Shakespeare's Garden, are Crane’s forty beautiful, if fanciful, illustrations inspired by Shakespeare’s loveliest lines on plants and flowers.
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