Art, Symbol & Imagination
The Crucible of Dreams: Egyptian-Inspired Title Design
An Egyptian-inspired figure extends both arms beneath the title, while long curling forms connect the body to a small smoking vessel. The author’s name and the Neale Publishing Company imprint form part of the design. This decorated title page opens Constantine Marrast Perkins’s The Crucible of Dreams, published in 1911. Its rising smoke and formal figure introduce the poem’s connection between an ancient vessel and imaginative visions.
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Illustrator not identified. "The Crucible of Dreams: Egyptian-Inspired Title Design" [editorial title]. In The Crucible of Dreams, Constantine Marrast Perkins. 1911 edition, 1911, Neale Publishing Co.. Source scan leaf 7. Lumitheca. /gallery/image/gallery-20261108-0057-0003
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Editorial title and description. Source details from the Library catalogue.
Descriptive title supplied for the visually reviewed historical illustration. The surrounding book presents the original author's interpretation.
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Illustrator not identified. The Crucible of Dreams: Egyptian-Inspired Title Design. The Crucible of Dreams. Scan leaf 7. Lumitheca. https://lumitheca.com/gallery/image/gallery-20261108-0057-0003