Apr 07, 2011 - Sale 2242

Sale 2242 - Lot 66

Price Realized: $ 14,400
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 10,000 - $ 15,000
ARTHURIAN ROMANTIC POEM ILLUMINATED BY MUCKLEY LOWELL, JAMES RUSSELL. The Vision of Sir Launfal. Beautifully calligraphed and illuminated throughout by Louis Fairfax Muckley on vellum. 273x241 mm; 10 3/4x9 1/2 inches. [16] leaves. Large 8vo, crushed cobalt blue morocco gilt by Sangorski & Sutcliffe; custom gilt-lettered 1/4 blue morocco felt-lined clamshell box, joints separating, some discoloration, one snap closure broken. (Stratford-upon-Avon, 1925)
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unique modern illuminated manuscript by muckley. The title-page bears an illuminated frame containing three historiated panels, the text has four half-page and three full-page illuminated watercolors, all in a Pre-Raphaelite style, and with silk guards. Additionally, each opening letter for the four text sections as well as headings and the half-title and title-page are illuminated with raised gilt. Sir Launfal was one of Lowell's most popular works and its Arthurian legend a perfect theme for Muckley's romantic illustrations. The artist was influenced by Edward Burne-Jones whom he met while a student at the Manchester School of Art. He successfully exhibited paintings at the Royal Academy and produced illustrations for numerous magazines and published works such as Spenser's Fairie Queene and Blackmore's Fringilla.