Spenser's Faerie queen : there dwells sweet love and constant chastity, unspotted faith & comely womanhood, regard of honour and mild modesty, there virtue reigns as queen in royal throne.

A 6 panel amateur tapestry, hand stitched, painted and stencilled. Artist not identified. Left hand side lists Spenser's 6 virtues of the Faerie queene "Holiness, Temperance, Chastity, Friendship, Justice, Courtesy" with the names of the heroes "St. George, Sir Guyon, Britomart,...

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Spenser, Edmund, 1552?-1599, Lang, Jean, 1867-1932, Le Quesne, Rose
Format: Physical Object
Language:English
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245 0 0 |a Spenser's Faerie queen :  |b there dwells sweet love and constant chastity, unspotted faith & comely womanhood, regard of honour and mild modesty, there virtue reigns as queen in royal throne. 
264 0 |a [United Kingdom?],  |c [between 1900 and 1920?] 
300 |a 1 tapestry (6 panels) :  |b textile, colored thread, color paint ;  |c 66 x 220 cm 
336 |a three-dimensional form  |b tdf  |2 rdacontent 
337 |a unmediated  |b n  |2 rdamedia 
338 |a unspecified  |b zu  |2 rdacarrier 
340 |a textile  |2 rdamat 
500 |a Title from embroidered text; line from Spenser's marriage ode "Epithalamion" originally published in 1595. 
520 |a A 6 panel amateur tapestry, hand stitched, painted and stencilled. Artist not identified. Left hand side lists Spenser's 6 virtues of the Faerie queene "Holiness, Temperance, Chastity, Friendship, Justice, Courtesy" with the names of the heroes "St. George, Sir Guyon, Britomart, Sir Artegall" and the right hand side lists the vices of "Hypocrisy, Falsehood, Teachery, Pride, Mammon, Idleness" with his villains "Duessa, Archimago, Sir Turpine, Acrasia". The names "Gloriana" (also known as the Faerie queene) and "Prince Arthur" also embroidered. 
500 |a Images seem to be copied from the color plates by Rose Le Quesne featured in "Stories from the Faerie queen" by Jean Lang, published between 1900 and 1910. The 6 panels are from the stories: Una and the lion, St. George and the dragon, Britomart and the magic mirror, The quest of Sir Guyon, Pastorella, Cambell and Triamond. Only St. George and the dragon deviates significantly from Le Quesne's illustration. 
650 0 |a Knights and knighthood  |v Pictorial works. 
600 0 0 |a George,  |c Saint,  |d -303  |v Pictorial works. 
600 0 0 |a Britomart,  |c Warrior Princess (Fictitious character)  |v Pictorial works. 
650 0 |a Virtues  |v Pictorial works. 
650 0 |a Tapestry  |v Specimens. 
650 0 |a Embroidery  |v Specimens. 
650 0 |a Stencil work  |v Specimens. 
650 0 |a Arts and crafts movement. 
700 1 |i Illustrations for (work):  |a Spenser, Edmund,  |d 1552?-1599.  |t Faerie queene. 
700 1 |i Inspired by:  |a Lang, Jean,  |d 1867-1932.  |t Stories from the Faerie queen. 
700 1 |a Le Quesne, Rose. 
994 |a C0  |b TXA 
948 |a cataloged  |b h  |c 2020/7/25  |d o  |e nbehmer  |f 11:38:36 am 
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952 f f |p noncirc  |a Texas A&M University  |b College Station  |c Cushing Memorial Library & Archives  |d Cushing: Rare Books (Does not check out)  |t 0  |e NK3007.85 .S63 1900  |f Flat File  |h Library of Congress classification  |i unspecified -- unspecified 
998 f f |a NK3007.85 .S63 1900  |t 0  |l Cushing: Rare Books (Does not check out)