Art, Symbol & Imagination
The Mother and Child upon the Serpent Throne
A crowned woman holds a small child above a coiled serpent amid lilies. Gonne frames the sacred figures with stars and flame-like leaves.
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Maud Gonne. "The Mother and Child upon the Serpent Throne" [editorial title]. In Celtic Wonder Tales, Retold by Ella Young; illustrated and decorated by Maud Gonne. Dublin: Maunsel and Company, 1910. Actual title visually inspected: retold by Ella Young; illustrated and decorated by Maud Gonne., 1910, Maunsel and Company. Source scan leaf 70. Lumitheca. /gallery/image/gallery-20261108-0671-0070
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Maud Gonne. The Mother and Child upon the Serpent Throne. Celtic Wonder Tales. Scan leaf 70. Lumitheca. https://lumitheca.com/gallery/image/gallery-20261108-0671-0070