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Burnt Fingers

Book Jacket
1927 (published)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

The Oxford Companion to Edwardian Fiction describes the author's work as having "a (comparatively) lurid frankness about sexual yearning." A queer subtext is implied in this bold cover design by Kenneth Romney Towndrow. Macnamara was a prolific Irish writer of romantic thrillers whose titles include The Trance (1908), The Awakening (1914), Jealous Gods (1921), Sweet Maureen (1922), Love's Long Lane (1925), Torn Veils (1926), Cock Angel (1928), Duet for a Trio (1933), Fandango (1936), Dangerous Fortune (1940), and Witchcraft in Your Lips (1947).


Object details

Categories
Object type
TitleBurnt Fingers (published title)
Materials and techniques
Process engraving on textured paper
Brief description
Printed book jacket by Kenneth Romney Towndrow for 'Burnt Fingers' by Rachel Swete Macnamara. Irish, 1927.
Physical description
Book jacket depicting two women with 1920s bobbed hair, facing each other at close range with a green lightning strike between them. Signed with vertical monogram KRT.
Credit line
Given by Mrs E. Fraser Bate.
Subjects depicted
Summary
The Oxford Companion to Edwardian Fiction describes the author's work as having "a (comparatively) lurid frankness about sexual yearning." A queer subtext is implied in this bold cover design by Kenneth Romney Towndrow. Macnamara was a prolific Irish writer of romantic thrillers whose titles include The Trance (1908), The Awakening (1914), Jealous Gods (1921), Sweet Maureen (1922), Love's Long Lane (1925), Torn Veils (1926), Cock Angel (1928), Duet for a Trio (1933), Fandango (1936), Dangerous Fortune (1940), and Witchcraft in Your Lips (1947).
Bibliographic references
  • Victoria and Albert Museum, Department of Engraving, Illustration and Design and Department of Paintings, Accessions 1927, London: Board of Education, 1928.
Collection
Accession number
E.2057-1927

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
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