Art, Symbol & Imagination
The Comet King and His Streaming Beard
A pale body stretches across a black field of stars beside long flowing strands and delicate loops. The streaming forms seem to break into sparks along their edges. The accompanying story insists that the Comet King’s apparent tail is really his immense shining beard.
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Dugald Stewart Walker. "The Comet King and His Streaming Beard" [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 137. Lumitheca. /gallery/image/gallery-20261108-0378-0131
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Dugald Stewart Walker. The Comet King and His Streaming Beard. Dream Boats and Other Stories. Scan leaf 137. Lumitheca. https://lumitheca.com/gallery/image/gallery-20261108-0378-0131