The Nautilus Is My Boat

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A fairy sits on the edge of a boat made from a nautilus shell, floating on the open sea

For the nautilus is my boat
In which I over the waters float.

Artist

Name:: Goble, Warwick
Dates:: 1862-1943
Country:: UK

Illustration

Subject:: People
Technique:: Color Process
Format:: Portrait (taller)
Source:: The New York Public Library, the Internet Archive

Book

Title:: The book of fairy poetry
Author:: Owen, Dora (editor)
Publisher:: Bombay, Calcutta, London: Longmans, Green and Co., 1920
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A fairy sits on the edge of a boat made from a nautilus shell, floating on the open sea and accompanied by a squid‑like creature and a darting flying fish.

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