Landon in The Improvisatrice; and Other Poems/Frontispiece

The choice of this image has been the subject of much speculation. The whole of the front of this volume was most carefully choreographed, so it will have been chosen with purpose.

2267620Landon in The Improvisatrice; and Other Poems — FrontispieceLetitia Elizabeth Landon

Drawn by T.M.WrightEngraved by Chas Heath


THE IMPROVISATRICE.

He heard her prayer with withering look;
Then from unholy herbs he took
A drug, and said it would recover
The lost heart of her faithless lover.

Published by Hurst, Robinson & Co. London, 1824