Art, Symbol & Imagination
Puck on a Spider’s Thread
A pointed blue cap and red wings distinguish the little figure perched on a fine thread. Briar stems frame the swinging seat, with a web stretching across the lower branches. The quoted caption belongs to Thomas Hood’s The Plea of the Midsummer Fairies, where Puck tumbles while the other fairies grieve.
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Warwick Goble. "Puck on a Spider’s Thread" [editorial title]. In The Book of Fairy Poetry, Edited by Dora Owen; illustrated by Warwick Goble. Inspected Longmans1920 anthology edited by Dora Owen, with Warwick Goble illustrations, contents, list of coloured plates and concluding poems. All contributions belong to the historical published anthology., 1920, Longmans, Green and Co.. Source scan leaf 209. Lumitheca. /gallery/image/goble-puck-spiders-thread
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Editorial title and description. Source details from the Library catalogue.
Complete historical source page; editorial descriptive title. Original colours, marks, margins and captions retained.
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Warwick Goble. Puck on a Spider’s Thread. The Book of Fairy Poetry. Scan leaf 209. Lumitheca. https://lumitheca.com/gallery/image/goble-puck-spiders-thread