ILLUSTRATION FOR “A LYKE-WAKE DIRGE”

BY PAMELA COLMAN SMITH

This hand-coloured half-page illustration is outlined in a thick, black square frame, centered above the text of “A Lyke-Wake Dirge.” In the left foreground, two pale-skinned figures, one in gray with black hair, one in white with golden hair, each carrying a lit candle, enter a gray-toned room. In the background of the room is a green-canopied bed with white sheets. A grey figure sits on a stool beside the bed, hunched over. To the right, a purple robed figure walks away from the bed. The artist’s monogram is in the bottom right.

MLA citation:

Smith, Pamela Colman. Illustration for “A Lyke-Wake Dirge,” by Anon. The Green Sheaf, No. 11, 1904, p. 5. Green Sheaf Digital Edition, edited by Lorraine Janzen Kooistra, Yellow Nineties 2.0, Toronto Metropolitan University Centre for Digital Humanities, 2022. https://1890s.ca/gsv11-smith-lyke-wake

magazine_images The Green Sheaf 11 Half-page illustration to “A Lyke-Wake Dirge” Pamela Colman Smith 1904 Hand-coloured image Half-page illustration British Isles Candle and Candles Medieval Indoor setting, Room, and Bed