page_title: Florence Kingsford Cockerell
hierarchical_section_title: Florence Kingsford Cockerell
caption_attribution_description: English: Bridwell Library’s copy of the Ashendene Song of Songs, illuminated by Florence Kingsford and bound by Katharine Adams, was the publisher Hornby’s personal copy. Kingsford’s painted border, encompassing the printed text and Graily Hewitt’s gilded lettering, depicts King Solomon at the left and his beloved companion at the right, both surrounded by the richly varied flora and fauna of the biblical text.
context_page_description: Florence Kate Kingsford Cockerell, known variously as Florence Kingsford and Kate Cockerell, was a British illustrator and calligrapher who specialized in creating illuminated manuscripts. She worked with the Ashendene Press, the writer Olive Schreiner, and the archaeologist Flinders Petrie, among others. She is considered a leading illuminator of the British Arts and Crafts movement, with one authority holding that her originality as an illuminator was greater even than that of William Morris. She also designed some sets and costumes for opera and ballet.
context_section_description: Florence Kate Kingsford Cockerell (25 May 1871 – 18 September 1949), known variously as Florence Kingsford and Kate Cockerell, was a British illustrator and calligrapher who specialized in creating illuminated manuscripts. She  worked with the Ashendene Press, the writer Olive Schreiner, and the archaeologist Flinders Petrie, among others. She is considered a leading illuminator of the British Arts and Crafts movement, with one authority holding that her originality as an illuminator was greater even than that of William Morris. She also designed some sets and costumes for opera and ballet.
caption: Ashendene Song of Songs, illuminated by Florence Kingsford, 1902
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