Ludvig Sandöe Ipsen was a Danish-American artist and designer. Trained as an architect, he is known for his designs in a wide variety of disciplines.
Ipsen c. 1886
Chapter heading for The Prince and The Pauper by L. S. Ipsen
Decorative borders, ATF catalog, 1900
L. S. Ipsen, The Prince and The Pauper chapter heading, 1881
Sonnets from the Portuguese
Sonnets from the Portuguese, written c. 1845–1846 and published first in 1850, is a collection of 44 love sonnets written by Elizabeth Barrett Browning. The collection was acclaimed and popular during the poet's lifetime and it remains so today. Despite what the title implies, the sonnets are entirely Browning's own, and not translated from Portuguese.
Phoebe Anna Traquair's illuminated copy of Elizabeth Barrett Browning's Sonnets from the Portuguese – Sonnet 30.
The Sonnets from the Portuguese, published by Adelaide Hanscom Leeson.
Image: Ludvig S Ipsen Sonnets from the Portuguese 1886 33rd sonnet header
Image: Ludvig S Ipsen Sonnets from the Portuguese 1886 33rd sonnet