Lot 323
Bayes, Jessie, illuminator. The Kaleidoscope of Life... by Frank Swettenham, an elaborate illuminated manuscript of 17 leaves, decorated recto-verso, title illuminated in gold, 4 full-page decorations with detailed floral borders, 6 large decorative initials and 18 smaller decorated initials, contemporary limp vellum, silk ties, 20mm x 187mm, 1907
Jessie Bayes (1876-1970) was a British Arts and Crafts artist who specialised in miniature paintings, illuminated manuscripts, stained glass, iconography and more. Her father and brother were also artists, the latter being the art critic for the Athenaeum, succeeding Roger Fry in 1906. Jessie exhibited at the Royal Academy on 1908 and her work received a dedicated article in The Studio in 1914 (May 15).
