Perfect in Their Misery

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Grotesque creatures with animal features, some bearing horns, others in ornate attire, peer into a hand mirror

And they, so perfect in their misery,
Not once perceive their foul disfigurement,
But boast themselves more comely than before.

Artist

Name:: Rackham, Arthur
Dates:: 1867-1939
Country:: UK

Illustration

Subject:: Narratives
Technique:: Color Process
Format:: Portrait (taller)
Source:: Robarts Library, the Internet Archive

Book

Title:: Comus
Author:: Milton, John
Publisher:: London, New York: Doubleday, Page & Company, William Heinemann, n.d. [1921?]
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Grotesque creatures with animal features, some bearing horns or pig-like snouts, others in ornate attire, peer into a hand mirror while dead birds lie on a table before them.

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