Miniature Monday
For #MiniatureMonday we’re bringing you this delicate book of poems and illustrations from our Rosalee McReynolds Collection at Special Collections & Archives. “Summer Garden” by Claire Lawson-Hall includes poetic musings on the state of the author’s English garden throughout the seasons, and is paired with lovely illustrations by longtime collaborator, artist and printmaker Muriel Mallows.
Lawson-Hall’s writing reads like a series of dispatches from the garden to an unknown correspondent, and Morrow’s loose sketches of the flora described therein frame the words in such a way that the reader feels immersed in this familiar place that Lawson-Hall returns to for inspiration throughout the seasons.
This limited edition book, along with An Autumn Garden, A Winter Garden, and A Spring Garden, are part of our Rosalee McReynolds Collection, and all feature tremendously artful details like a concentric accordion fold which opens to reveal a large floral block print on verso.
