Art, Symbol & Imagination
The Bridal Gifts: Philip Burne-Jones’s Amber Witch
Two figures embrace in a long wooden corridor beneath a hanging light fitting. Fabric, a basket and other objects lie across the boards in the foreground. The printed title identifies The Bridal Gifts. Philip Burne-Jones’s illustration for The Amber Witch replaces the book’s dark ordeal scenes with a close human encounter, while the gifts keep the foreground materially occupied.
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Philip Burne-Jones (design). "The Bridal Gifts: Philip Burne-Jones’s Amber Witch" [editorial title]. In The Amber Witch, Wilhelm Meinhold; translated by Lady Duff Gordon; edited by Joseph Jacobs; illustrated by Philip Burne-Jones. 1895 David Nutt edition, 1895, David Nutt. Source scan leaf 270. Lumitheca. /gallery/image/gallery-20261108-0142-0255
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Editorial title and description. Source details from the Library catalogue.
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From the book
The Amber WitchWilhelm Meinhold; translated by Lady Duff Gordon; edited by Joseph Jacobs; illustrated by Philip Burne-Jones1895More from this book
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Philip Burne-Jones (design). The Bridal Gifts: Philip Burne-Jones’s Amber Witch. The Amber Witch. Scan leaf 270. Lumitheca. https://lumitheca.com/gallery/image/gallery-20261108-0142-0255