File

William.Morris.John.Ball.jpg

From SFnal

File:William.Morris.John.Ball.jpg

Original file ‎(1,571 × 2,066 pixels, file size: 1.12 MB, MIME type: image/jpeg)

This file is from Wikimedia Commons and may be used by other projects. The description on its file description page there is shown below.

Summary

Description Artwork by E. Burne-Jones, April 1888, for the first book edition of William Morris' A Dream of John Ball. Illustrates the couplet "When Adam delved and Eve span / Who was then the gentleman?" which had international popularity in several Germanic languages as an equalitarian slogan during the medieval period.
Date
Source https://archive.org/details/dreamofjohnballa00morruoft
Author
Edward Burne-Jones (1833–1898)  wikidata:Q216406 s:en:Author:Edward Coley Burne-Jones
 
Edward Burne-Jones
Alternative names
Sir Edward Coley Burne-Jones
Description British painter, drawer, designer, illustrator, architectural draftsperson and visual artist
Date of birth/death 28 August 1833 Edit this at Wikidata 17 June 1898 Edit this at Wikidata
Location of birth/death Birmingham (West Midlands) London Edit this at Wikidata
Work location
London, Venice, Florence
Authority control
creator QS:P170,Q216406
Permission
(Reusing this file)
This is a faithful photographic reproduction of a two-dimensional, public domain work of art. The work of art itself is in the public domain for the following reason:
Public domain

This work is in the public domain in its country of origin and other countries and areas where the copyright term is the author's life plus 100 years or fewer.

This work is in the public domain in the United States because it was published (or registered with the U.S. Copyright Office) before January 1, 1930.

This file has been identified as being free of known restrictions under copyright law, including all related and neighbouring rights.
The official position taken by the Wikimedia Foundation is that "faithful reproductions of two-dimensional public domain works of art are public domain".
This photographic reproduction is therefore also considered to be in the public domain in the United States. In other jurisdictions, re-use of this content may be restricted; see Reuse of PD-Art photographs for details.
Other versions Derivative works of this file:  William.Morris.John.Ball.trimmed.jpg

Captions

Add a one-line explanation of what this file represents
The source cited is a 1913 Longman's edition of Morris's book

Items portrayed in this file

depicts

media type

image/jpeg

File history

Click on a date/time to view the file as it appeared at that time.

Date/TimeThumbnailDimensionsUserComment
current08:26, 30 December 2020Thumbnail for version as of 08:26, 30 December 20201,571 × 2,066 (1.12 MB)wikimediacommons>Amitchell125contrast improved

The following page uses this file:

Metadata

This file contains additional information, probably added from the digital camera or scanner used to create or digitise it.

If the file has been modified from its original state, some details may not fully reflect the modified file.

Retrieved from ‘https://sfnal.info/File:William.Morris.John.Ball.jpg’