I Saw a Peacock

I Saw a Peacock captures the dreamlike quality of happening across something unexpectedly beautiful on a walk through the forest. The animated collage is based on the detail of a tapestry (1887) by William Morris. Philip Webb, and John Henry Dearle for Merton Abbey Mills. I Saw a Peacock by Anonymous (1665) I Saw a Peacock, with a fiery tail, I saw a Blazing Comet, drop down hail, I saw a Cloud, with Ivy circled round, I saw a sturdy Oak, creep on the ground, I saw a Pismire, swallow up a Whale, I saw a raging Sea, brim full of Ale, I saw a Venice Glass, Sixteen foot deep, I saw a well, full of mens tears that weep, I saw their eyes, all in a flame of fire, I saw a House, as big as the Moo...View all