Art, Symbol & Imagination
Arabia: The Musicians by the Moonlit River
Richly dressed musicians gather beside pale water beneath delicate branches and a small yellow moon. A seated listener turns towards them from the foreground. Clarke’s caption identifies the dark-haired musicians of Walter de la Mare’s Arabia in The Year’s at the Spring.
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Harry Clarke. "Arabia: The Musicians by the Moonlit River" [editorial title]. In The Year's at the Spring, Compiled by L. D'O. Walters; illustrated by Harry Clarke; introduction by Harold Monro. Brentano illustrated anthology with a September1920 first-publication statement, undated edition, Brentano's. Source scan leaf 62. Lumitheca. /gallery/image/gallery-20261108-0265-0057
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Harry Clarke. Arabia: The Musicians by the Moonlit River. The Year's at the Spring. Scan leaf 62. Lumitheca. https://lumitheca.com/gallery/image/gallery-20261108-0265-0057