King Sigurd the Crusader (in "Good Words for 1862," p. 248)
Dalziel Brothers|Sir Edward Burne-Jones|William Forsyth
April 1862 · Wood engraving · Drawings and Prints
King Sigurd the Crusader is one of the many wood engravings used to embellish the first volume of Good Words. Designed by Burne-Jones at the outset of his career, the image employs deliberately simplified forms and demonstrates admiration for medieval art and the work of the artist's mentor Dante Gabriel Rossetti. The illustration accompanies Forsyth’s poetic retelling of a Norse saga and shows a young Norwegian king bidding the maiden he loves farewell as he departs on a crusade.
- Artist
- Dalziel Brothers|Sir Edward Burne-Jones|William Forsyth
- Date
- April 1862
- Medium
- Wood engraving
- Department
- Drawings and Prints
- Credit line
- Gift of Sinclair Hamilton, 1965
