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Untitled (illustration for Ros Roserum ex horto Poetarum, 'THE FUNERAL OF THE ROSE'), c. 1885
Eleanor Vere Boyle (1825 – 1916) illustrated poetry and prose by some of the most popular authors of her time. She regularly drew and painted using ink and watercolour, sketching landscapes, animals and her children from life. She also made drawings from her imagination, often reflecting spiritual themes. This illustration is from her book, Ros Roserum ex horto Poetarum (1885). Boyle provided her publishers with black and white drawings that were then converted into etchings by the printer.
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Untitled (illustration for A Book of Heavenly Birthdays, 'The Shadow Waiting with the Keys'), 1893
Eleanor Vere Boyle (1825 – 1916) illustrated poetry and prose by some of the most popular authors of her time. She regularly drew and painted using ink and watercolour, sketching landscapes, animals and her children from life. She also made drawings from her imagination, often reflecting spiritual themes. This drawing was used as one of the final illustrations printed in the artists' publication A Book of Heavenly Birthdays (1893, London Elliot Stock)

Untitled, Date unknown
Eleanor Vere Boyle (1825 – 1916) illustrated poetry and prose by some of the most popular authors of her time. She regularly drew and painted using ink and watercolour, sketching landscapes, animals and her children from life. She also made drawings from her imagination, often reflecting spiritual themes.


