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The image is in portrait orientation and is centered on the page. The image is printed in black ink. In the foreground right, a bearded man with a tall, large brimmed, conical hat is leaning against the door to a small walled garden, resting on a bed of picked flowers. The top of the man’s face is exposed. However, the rest of his body is draped in a light fabric. A circular shield with one right wing is leaning against the man’s lower body. The left door to the garden is standing open. Both doors are decorated with a tracery pattern of growing roots and ripening fruits. The open door provides passage to a woodland landscape. Bricked steps raised one level lead to the woodland landscape where three tall evergreen trees are distinctly depicted. To the bottom left of the walled garden, a small signature, “LH” is present. The image has a header: line one: “The Blue Moon,” line two: “By Laurence Housman,”line three: “London: John Murray 1904.” The image has a footer: line one: “Engraved by,” line two: “Clemence Housman.” The image is framed by a wide decorative border, detailed with intertwining vines, leaves, and bunches of grapes.