Open Edition Print.
A3 Unframed (420mm x 297mm).
Adapted from an original charcoal drawing, this design is inspired by a moment in Book XI of The Prelude (1850), where Wordsworth recalls the quiet strength of his sister Dorothy. In a period marked by uncertainty and disillusionment, her presence steadies him: a “saving grace” whose gentle clarity restores his sense of direction. The artwork reflects that remembering—the calm of a shared walk, the landscape opening as her influence gathers around him, and the way her companionship shapes the poet’s inner world.
Wordsworth’s own lines shape the spirit of the work, and are included as a part of an authentication certificate included with each print:
...Thanks to the bounteous Giver of all good!—
That the beloved Sister in whose sight
Those days were passed, now speaking in a voice
Of sudden admonition—like a brook
That did but cross a lonely road, and now
Is seen, heard, felt, and caught at every turn,
Companion never lost through many a league—
Maintained for me a saving intercourse
With my true self; for, though bedimmed and changed
Much, as it seemed, I was no further changed
Than as a clouded and a waning moon:
She whispered still that brightness would return,
She, in the midst of all, preserved me still
A Poet, made me seek beneath that name,
And that alone, my office upon earth...
Printed on a high quality 300gsm Fresco Gesso textured cardstock, A Sister’s Saving Grace offers an accessible way to collect and share one of the first designs in the Prelude Editions series.
Open Edition Print.
A3 Unframed (420mm x 297mm).
Adapted from an original charcoal drawing, this design is inspired by a moment in Book XI of The Prelude (1850), where Wordsworth recalls the quiet strength of his sister Dorothy. In a period marked by uncertainty and disillusionment, her presence steadies him: a “saving grace” whose gentle clarity restores his sense of direction. The artwork reflects that remembering—the calm of a shared walk, the landscape opening as her influence gathers around him, and the way her companionship shapes the poet’s inner world.
Wordsworth’s own lines shape the spirit of the work, and are included as a part of an authentication certificate included with each print:
...Thanks to the bounteous Giver of all good!—
That the beloved Sister in whose sight
Those days were passed, now speaking in a voice
Of sudden admonition—like a brook
That did but cross a lonely road, and now
Is seen, heard, felt, and caught at every turn,
Companion never lost through many a league—
Maintained for me a saving intercourse
With my true self; for, though bedimmed and changed
Much, as it seemed, I was no further changed
Than as a clouded and a waning moon:
She whispered still that brightness would return,
She, in the midst of all, preserved me still
A Poet, made me seek beneath that name,
And that alone, my office upon earth...
Printed on a high quality 300gsm Fresco Gesso textured cardstock, A Sister’s Saving Grace offers an accessible way to collect and share one of the first designs in the Prelude Editions series.
