Peeking Under the Covers

As I explained in my first post, "Exploring the Public Domain," I'm adding in slight detours as I go along with my weekly posted translations. This week, two artists and their work were mentioned early on in Chapter 1: Kate Greenaway and Gustave Courtois's Hercules at the Feet of Omphale . In the scene where Suzy goes to retrieve her hat from the lime tree, she is described as appearing " simply delightful with her thin brown head buried in an immense hat worthy of a Kate Greenaway vignette" (Nissen). I looked at several different pieces of work from Kate Greenaway and decided that this solitary young woman from Greenaway's book Marigold Garden  (1885) to be a simple depiction of what Suzy may have looked like, but perhaps a year or two older since she is eighteen in Suzy's Dream . Perhaps you sense a familiarity with Greenaway's work, since she is best known for her children's book illustrations. I recognize imitations of her paintings from...