Wednesday, October 28, 2009

Edward Burne-Jones - Kelmscott illustration


Illustration to William Morris' A Dream of John Ball
Wood engraving, 1892

2 comments:

Lucy Corrander said...

What does this mean, Hermes?

Lucy

Hermes said...

Its worth looking into Lucy. Morris was certainly an early Socialist and the phrase was a rallying cry for the early followers:

http://www.answers.com/topic/when-adam-delved-and-eve-span-who-was-then-the-gentleman

http://www.rhymes.org.uk/a115-when-adam-delved.htm