The Villain (by W. H. Davies)

 

Mary Carslake

  1904 - PRESENT

1931  

Illumination, calligraphy with burnished gilding 

9 x 7" 1/8" image 

pencil, in the lower left corner 

1 of 1 unique 

pencil dated 1931; annotated by Brochner: "From Miss Mary Carslake / 1931." 

 

antique-white wove vellum 

 

 

2174 

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Little is known about Mary Carslake, she is probably Canadian and was perhaps born in 1904. This calligraphy is a poem titled "The Villain" by William Henry Davies (1871 - 1940). Known as the "Welsh Tramp" poet, "Villains" was first published in 1920. From the collection of Danish critic and author Georg Bröchner, who wrote for the British art magazine "The Studio" in the early 20th century. He has annotated the work in ink: "From Miss Mary Carslake / 1931."