FRONT COVER

BY LAURENCE HOUSMAN

The image is in portrait orientation and positioned on the left to fit the length of the cover. The image is printed in black on brown boards. Atop a rectangular column, the upper body of a man with short, dark hair is positioned upright and facing forward (such a column is called a herm). The man’s head is turned to the right and slightly downwards. He is drawing an arrow; he is using his left arm to balance the bow and his right hand to pull the arrow back. The man is wearing a small knotted fabric on his waistline and a strap across his chest is attached to a bag or quiver with arrows. In the background there is a dark coastline receding towards the left side of the image, a dock at its end, and the outline of a large hill. The man’s shadow is on the right ground beneath him. “The Venture” is transcribed in small capital letters at the center of the image, just below the figure’s bow.

MLA citation:

Housman, Laurence. Front Cover. The Venture: an Annual of Art and Literature, vol. 1, 1903. Venture Digital Edition, edited by Lorraine Janzen Kooistra, 2019-2021. Yellow Nineties 2.0, Ryerson University Centre for Digital Humanities, 2021, https://1890s.ca/vv1-front-cover/

magazine_images The Venture 1 Front Cover Laurence Housman 1903 Wood Engraving Illustration

The image is in portrait orientation and positioned on the left to fit the length of the cover. The image is printed in black on brown boards. Atop a rectangular column, the upper body of a man with short, dark hair is positioned upright and facing forward (such a column is called a herm). The man’s head is turned to the right and slightly downwards. He is drawing an arrow; he is using his left arm to balance the bow and his right hand to pull the arrow back. The man is wearing a small knotted fabric on his waistline and a strap across his chest is attached to a bag or quiver with arrows. In the background there is a dark coastline receding towards the left side of the image, a dock at its end, and the outline of a large hill. The man’s shadow is on the right ground beneath him. “The Venture” is transcribed in small capital letters at the center of the image, just below the figure’s bow.

Weapons, Bow and arrow, Column, Quiver, and Shadow Human Figure and Male Figure/ Man Mythological Outdoor setting, Mountain/hill, and Coastline