Art, Symbol & Imagination
The Apparition in the Branches
A small pale figure shines among dark interlacing branches above a crouching monkey. Other monkeys hang or sit within the surrounding trees. The caption asks why Nod crouches and stares, while the neighboring conversation turns towards his father and the Country of Shadows.
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Dorothy P. Lathrop. "The Apparition in the Branches" [editorial title]. In The Three Mulla-Mulgars, Walter de la Mare; illustrated by Dorothy P. Lathrop. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1919; illustrations by Dorothy P. Lathrop., 1919, Alfred A. Knopf. Source scan leaf 239. Lumitheca. /gallery/image/gallery-20261108-0442-0239
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Dorothy P. Lathrop. The Apparition in the Branches. The Three Mulla-Mulgars. Scan leaf 239. Lumitheca. https://lumitheca.com/gallery/image/gallery-20261108-0442-0239