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This unframed hand-coloured image is centered on the page above the text of Campion’s poem. In it, seven tritons dance in a ring, carrying tridents, their hair and scaled fins coloured in green. They dance against a backdrop of waves, which rise from the water at the bottom of the image to crest at the top of the image, creating a frame that surrounds them. On either side, two more tritons, half-hidden by the waves, peer into frame to watch the dance. The artist’s monogram is at the bottom left of the image

3 7/8” w x 3” h