Art, Symbol & Imagination
The Epilogue: Skull, Hourglasses and Mourning Figures
A skull with radiating ornament lies between two hourglasses above the epilogue verse. Two standing figures bow their heads along the sides, while slender sword-like forms extend beneath the upper design. The frame closes The Crucible of Dreams with imagery of time and death. Its symmetry echoes the prologue’s Egyptian forms, replacing the earlier promise of vision with a concentrated emblem of mourning.
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Illustrator not identified. "The Epilogue: Skull, Hourglasses and Mourning Figures" [editorial title]. In The Crucible of Dreams, Constantine Marrast Perkins. 1911 edition, 1911, Neale Publishing Co.. Source scan leaf 88. Lumitheca. /gallery/image/gallery-20261108-0057-0081
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Illustrator not identified. The Epilogue: Skull, Hourglasses and Mourning Figures. The Crucible of Dreams. Scan leaf 88. Lumitheca. https://lumitheca.com/gallery/image/gallery-20261108-0057-0081