In Five Acts–The Wedding Tour, from "Picture Poesies"

George Routledge & Sons, London|John William North|Dalziel Brothers

1866–74 · Wood engraving · Drawings and Prints

North's image shows a man and a woman making their way through a rocky landscape. The print first appeared in "A Round of Days" (1866, see 65.629.1), engraved by the Dalziel Brothers and published by Routledge. It was here reissued in "Picture Poesies" (1874). North also illustrated the first section of the poem titled "The Betrothal, while A. B. Houghton designed three scenes that describe parenthood, loss, and the couple in old age. The Wedding Tour Solemn the priest, in purtist white, To us rehearsed the vow; Northward we lovers take our flight, Our homely shores content us now. O'er English hills, 'neath soft blue skies, Down rugged slopes, I aid my wife; The proud trust brightens in my eyes That I shall be her staff through life.

Artist

George Routledge & Sons, London|John William North|Dalziel Brothers

Date

1866–74

Medium

Wood engraving

Department

Drawings and Prints

Credit line

Gift of Wilbur Macey Stone, 1921