Root-Bound

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Daphne turns into a laurel tree with a whirling motion that pulls on her tunic and ruffles her hair

… As Daphne was,
Root-bound, that fled Apollo.

Artist

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

Illustration

Subject:: People
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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Daphne is seen metamorphosing into a laurel tree with a whirling motion which pulls on her tunic and has her hair ruffled and fanned about her as she turns around with one arm stretched upward.

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