Art, Symbol & Imagination
Spirits Descending through the Night
A dark winged figure descends before a brilliant circular opening among clouds, with smaller forms behind and a rounded world below. The caption describes spirits descending in the night to work the appointed word. Bridgman-Metchim makes the human-like body a sharp diagonal silhouette against the light. The image visualises the visionary narrative of Atlantis: The Book of the Angels rather than an observed celestial event.
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D. Bridgman-Metchim. "Spirits Descending through the Night" [editorial title]. In Atlantis: The Book of the Angels, D. Bridgman-Metchim. Cheap edition, 1903 scan, 1903, Swan Sonnenschein & Co., Limited. Source scan leaf 10. Lumitheca. /gallery/image/gallery-20261108-0064-0010
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Editorial title and description. Source details from the Library catalogue.
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D. Bridgman-Metchim. Spirits Descending through the Night. Atlantis: The Book of the Angels. Scan leaf 10. Lumitheca. https://lumitheca.com/gallery/image/gallery-20261108-0064-0010