Art, Symbol & Imagination
The Daughter of a Comet King
A pale woman floats among stars with long curling hair and translucent flowing drapery. Fine white lines let the figure almost dissolve into the night. Walker contrasts this drifting comet daughter with the violent, headlong movement of the comet kings.
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Dugald Stewart Walker. "The Daughter of a Comet King" [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 141. Lumitheca. /gallery/image/gallery-20261108-0378-0135
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Dugald Stewart Walker. The Daughter of a Comet King. Dream Boats and Other Stories. Scan leaf 141. Lumitheca. https://lumitheca.com/gallery/image/gallery-20261108-0378-0135