Art, Symbol & Imagination
Ascending into Heaven
A smaller praying woman stands within the curved wings of a much larger figure. Their pale bodies form a narrow central opening within the dark feathers. Yeats names the image in his introduction when discussing Horton’s recurring figure of divine womanhood.
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W. T. Horton. "Ascending into Heaven" [printed contents title]. In A Book of Images, W. T. Horton; introduction by W. B. Yeats. Illustrated 1898 edition, supplied as a digital scan, 1898, Unicorn Press. Source scan leaf 59. Lumitheca. /gallery/image/horton-ascending-into-heaven
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Title from the printed contents list. Editorial description. Source details from the Library catalogue.
Title follows the printed contents. The complete source plate retains its paper tone, margins and signature. Description concerns visible forms rather than assigning a universal symbolic meaning.
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W. T. Horton. Ascending into Heaven. A Book of Images. Scan leaf 59. Lumitheca. https://lumitheca.com/gallery/image/horton-ascending-into-heaven