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The Crown of Love Millais OAW

The Crown of Love Millais OAW

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Woodcut illustration for the poem (ballad) "The Crown of Love" by George Meredith, in Once a Week magazine (which is a retelling of Marie de France's lai "The Two Lovers"). A king demands that a suitor for his daughter's hand win her by carrying her to the top of a mountain. They die martyrs to love.

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31/12/1859
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IA onceweek02londuoft
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