Art, Symbol & Imagination
Bird of the River
A sailing ship leans across choppy water beneath immense overlapping sails. Dark birds fly low above the waves. The caption names Bird of the River, the vessel carrying the narrator through Dunsany’s dream geography in Idle Days on the Yann.
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S. H. Sime. "Bird of the River" [editorial title]. In A Dreamer's Tales, Lord Dunsany; illustrations by S. H. Sime. Undated Boston illustrated edition, undated edition, John W. Luce & Company. Source scan leaf 85. Lumitheca. /gallery/image/gallery-20261108-0250-0075
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S. H. Sime. Bird of the River. A Dreamer's Tales. Scan leaf 85. Lumitheca. https://lumitheca.com/gallery/image/gallery-20261108-0250-0075