Art, Symbol & Imagination
Midnight, Moonlight and the Temple in the Sea
Broken classical columns rise above a shore crowded with ships and wreckage. A pale solitary figure stands among the stones beneath passing clouds. The caption joins midnight, moonlight and the temple in the sea, giving Sime’s ruins their dreamlike setting.
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S. H. Sime. "Midnight, Moonlight and the Temple in the Sea" [editorial title]. In The Last Book of Wonder, Lord Dunsany; illustrations by S. H. Sime. Supplied illustrated edition from John W. Luce & Company, undated edition, John W. Luce & Company. Source scan leaf 109. Lumitheca. /gallery/image/gallery-20261108-0255-0101
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S. H. Sime. Midnight, Moonlight and the Temple in the Sea. The Last Book of Wonder. Scan leaf 109. Lumitheca. https://lumitheca.com/gallery/image/gallery-20261108-0255-0101