Illustrates the couplet “When Adam delved and Eve span / Who was then the gentleman?” which had international popularity in several Germanic languages as an equalitarian slogan during the medieval period. Artwork from April 1888 by Edward Burne-Jones (1833–1898), British painter, for the first book edition of William Morris’ A Dream of John Ball. Public Domain. Source: Wikimedia Commons.
Forside 1381 Illustrates the couplet "When Adam delved and Eve span / Who was then the gentleman?" which had international popularity in several Germanic languages as an equalitarian slogan during the medieval period. Artwork from April 1888 by Edward Burne-Jones (1833–1898), British painter, for the first book edition of William Morris' A Dream of John Ball. Public Domain. Source: <a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:William.Morris.John.Ball.jpg">Wikimedia Commons</a>.