Art, Symbol & Imagination
The Moon and the Tiny Dream-Boat
A small figure sits within an elaborate curved vessel beside the edge of a huge yellow moon. Dark vertical forms and pale rippling lines frame the turquoise sky. Walker’s colour design introduces the miniature worlds and night journeys of Dream Boats and Other Stories.
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Dugald Stewart Walker. "The Moon and the Tiny Dream-Boat" [editorial title]. In Dream Boats and Other Stories, Written and illustrated by Dugald Stewart Walker. New York: Doubleday, Page & Company, 1920; copyright 1918. Written and illustrated by Dugald Stewart Walker., 1920, Doubleday, Page & Company. Source scan leaf 8. Lumitheca. /gallery/image/gallery-20261108-0378-0004
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Dugald Stewart Walker. The Moon and the Tiny Dream-Boat. Dream Boats and Other Stories. Scan leaf 8. Lumitheca. https://lumitheca.com/gallery/image/gallery-20261108-0378-0004