Art, Symbol & Imagination
Comus Offers the Cup to the Lady
A robed man extends a cup towards a seated woman in a wooded setting. The woman’s position and restrained gesture make the offer the centre of the encounter. The quoted refusal beneath the scene identifies the episode from Milton’s Comus.
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Illustrator not identified. "Comus Offers the Cup to the Lady" [editorial title]. In The Poetical Works of John Milton, John Milton. undated edition, George Routledge and Sons. Source scan leaf 485. Lumitheca. /gallery/image/gallery-20261108-0231-0485
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Illustrator not identified. Comus Offers the Cup to the Lady. The Poetical Works of John Milton. Scan leaf 485. Lumitheca. https://lumitheca.com/gallery/image/gallery-20261108-0231-0485