Phoebe Anna Traquair

Illuminated poems from the Portuguese

Phoebe Anna Traquair's exquisite illustrated manuscript of Elizabeth Barrett Browning's 'Sonnets from the Portuguese' is one of the National Library of Scotland's treasures.

Made in Edinburgh between 1892 and 1897, it is among the finest examples of the work of Scotland's leading artist of the Arts and Crafts movement.

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Illustration based on the painting of Phoebe Anna Traquair