Occult Literature
The Evil Eye Attacked: Woburn Marbles Relief
An immense eye occupies the centre of a carved relief attacked by a bird, a snake, a scorpion and other surrounding forms. Above it stand a crouching figure and a figure holding a three-pronged implement. The caption credits Woburn Marbles. Elworthy uses the image in his discussion of the eye in decoration, where threats directed at the eye become a protective visual device.
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Illustrator not identified. "The Evil Eye Attacked: Woburn Marbles Relief" [editorial title]. In The Evil Eye, Frederick Thomas Elworthy. London: John Murray, 1895; Wellcome Collection scan, 1895, J. Murray. Source scan leaf 157. Lumitheca. /gallery/image/gallery-20261108-0049-0146
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Illustrator not identified. The Evil Eye Attacked: Woburn Marbles Relief. The Evil Eye. Scan leaf 157. Lumitheca. https://lumitheca.com/gallery/image/gallery-20261108-0049-0146