The Maids of Elfen-Mere

DGR's drawing was executed for the woodcut illustration made by the Dalziel brothers for William Allingham's poem “The Maids of Elfin-mere”, which was published in June 1855 in his volume of verse The Music Master, A Love Story, and Two Series of Day and Night Songs . DGR was extremely unhappy with the woodcut when he first saw it, and was never completely satisfied; but after initially refusing to see his drawing appear in its woodcut version, he eventually relented and the work was published.

Dalziel's woodcut is a much more severe work than DGR's drawing. Nevertheless, it is an excellent work in its own right.

• Angeli, DGR con 107 illustrazioni , 59.
• Marillier, DGR: An Illustrated Memorial , 70-71.