3-066-194 - Heritage Art/Heritage Images

Next, a knight with his flaming targe See the Dent-De-Lion so bold With his feathery crest at large, On a field of the cloth of gold, 1899. The English word for dandelion is a borrowing of the French dent de lion, meaning 'lion's tooth'. Targe is an archaic word for shield. Plant personified as a fairy or sprite, illustration to a children's book. Page 30 from "A Floral Fantasy in an Old English Garden. Set forth in verses & coloured designs", written and illustrated by Walter Crane, [1899].