Lilies and Peonies

"For thou art pleasant, gamesome, passing courteous, But slow in speech, yet sweet as springtime flowers..."      Taming of the Shrew - Act II, scene i

More than one hundred fifty plants and flowers appear in Shakespeare's works. He wrote with familiar, even affectionate knowledge about ordinary plants - calling them by their folk names, describing them with vividness and freshness. Shakespeare, like his audience, would have known the many uses of the plants - their medicinal qualities, symbolic meanings and superstitious significance. Katharina's beauty was relected in Shakespeare's spring flowers - binging to mind a bouquet of lilies and peonies.

  • Image Size: 7 1/2” x 7 1/2”
  • Edition Size: 300 Signed and Numbered 
  • Price: $75.00 (matted)
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