Art, Symbol & Imagination
Lirope the Bright
A pale sea-nymph sits on a shell-like form and raises a long dark strand above the water. Small fantastical creatures gather along the shore near her feet. The caption describes the forms changing at Lirope’s wish, linking Goble’s image with the poem Lirope the Bright.
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Warwick Goble. "Lirope the Bright" [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 189. Lumitheca. /gallery/image/goble-shapes-by-the-sea
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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. Lirope the Bright. The Book of Fairy Poetry. Scan leaf 189. Lumitheca. https://lumitheca.com/gallery/image/goble-shapes-by-the-sea