Full Fathom Five

Oil. 49 cms. x 69 cms.
(Framed 58 cms. x 75 cms.)
"Full fathom five" is a phrase deriving from a verse passage in The Tempest by William Shakespeare known as Ariel's Song. The spirit Ariel addresses Prince Ferdinand after a shipwreck to tell him about the supposed drowning of his father in water about 5 fathoms deep and the physical metamorphosis that follows.