ILLUSTRATION FOR “THE PARTING OF THE WAYS”

BY CECIL FRENCH

This hand-coloured image is centered horizontally on the page, without frame. It serves as a decorative headpiece for the poem of the same title. The image depicts a woman’s face at the centre of a red rose, upon a brown wooden cross. The woman has red lips, closed eyes, and pale skin. Her face is surrounded by five layers of petals, each containing seven petals. Beside the bottom edge of the cross, the artist’s monogram is visible.

MLA citation:

French, Cecil. Illustration for “The Parting of the Ways,” by Cecil French. The Green Sheaf, No. 1, 1903, p. [v]. Green Sheaf Digital Edition, edited by Lorraine Janzen Kooistra, Yellow Nineties 2.0, Toronto Metropolitan University Centre for Digital Humanities, 2022. https://1890s.ca/gsv1-french-parting-illustration

magazine_images The Green Sheaf 1 The Parting of the Ways Cecil French 1903 Hand-coloured illustration Headpiece illustration Cross Human Figure, Female Figure/ Woman, and Person Rose