Slender and clear were his crystal spars, As the lashes of light that trim the stars

Slender and clear were his crystal spars, As the lashes of light that trim the stars

Photograph

B.W. Kilburn

Maker
American, 1827–1909

Slender and clear were his crystal spars, As the lashes of light that trim the stars

From Illustration of the Vision of Sir Launfal (Lowell's Poems)


1874
Albumen silver print
Image (each): 3 1/16 × 3 1/16 in. (7.7 × 7.7 cm)
Mount: 3 7/16 × 6 15/16 in. (8.7 × 17.7 cm)
Gift of Alden Scott Boyer
1981.9398.0002
Inscriptions Printed on mount on recto, LC: Illustration of the Vision of Sir Launfal. \ (Lowell's Poems.)
Printed on mount on recto, RC: Entered, according to act of Congress, in the year 1874, by KILBURN BROTHERS, in the \ Office of the Librarian of Congress, at Washington.
Printed on mount on recto, BR: 1279. "Slender and clear were his crystal spars \ As the lashes of light that trim the stars."
Printed on verso, C: Photographed and Published by \ Kilburn Brothers, ---- Littleton, N. H.
Inscribed in ink on verso, LC: G. + M. Dodds \ No. 208
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