Leslie, Mary, 1833–1907, The Flower and the Leaf of Chaucer, illustrated, circa 1885
- Call Number:
- MSS 15
- Holdings:
- [Request]
- Creator:
- Leslie, Mary, 1833–1907
- Title(s):
- The Flower and the Leaf of Chaucer, illustrated
- Date:
- circa 1885
- Classification:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Series:
- Series II: Writings and Manuscripts
- Part of Collection:
- 1, folder B
- Provenance:
- Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
- Conditions Governing Access:
- The materials are open for research.
- Conditions Governing Use:
- Copyright UndeterminedThe collection is the physical property of the Yale Center for British Art. Literary rights, including copyright, belong to the authors or their legal heirs and assigns. For further information, consult the Archives Department.
- Scope and Content:
- Attributed to George Leslie but bearing strong resemblances to the work of Mary Leslie, this manuscript appears to be a mockup for an unpublished edition of Chaucer's poem, "The Flower and the Leaf." The poem is copied out by hand in a small, cursive hand, and each page has illustrated panels depicting scenes from the poem, with decorative borders. The intricate details and carefully drawn figures in medieval costume evoke the Victorian fascination and interpretation of medieval aesthetics. Naturalistic embellishments in the page borders, including drawings of flowers, birds, insects, and reeds at water's edge, are done in a careful and moderately skillful hand.
- Physical Description:
- 18 pages ; 23 x 15 cm. Edged/partially bound with tape on one side, with an additional page mounted on a cardboard sheet.
- Genre:
- Pen and ink drawings, Poems, Watercolors (paintings), Pictorial works, Albums (Books), Autobiographies, Cut-paper works, Graphite drawings, Letters, and Sketchbooks
- Subject Terms:
- DanceMilitary uniformsPaintersPaintingPainting, BritishPanoramas
- Subject Period:
- 19th century
- Associated Places:
- Great Britain
- Associated People/Groups:
- Chaucer, Geoffrey, -1400
- Finding Aid Title:
- Charles Robert Leslie Collection
- Collection PDF:
- https://ead-pdfs.library.yale.edu/8.pdf
- Archival Object:
- https://archives.yale.edu/repositories/3/archival_objects/1233
- Metadata Cloud URL:
- https://metadata-api.library.yale.edu/metadatacloud/api/aspace/repositories/3/archival_objects/1233?mediaType=json&include-notes=1&include-all-subjects=1