Art, Symbol & Imagination
Blazes of Glory and Great White Wings
A pale winged figure rises above a dark rock with one arm extended into the surrounding darkness. Broad white feathers and streaming drapery give the body a sharp, luminous outline. The caption speaks of multicoloured blazes of glory where shattering echoes met. Bridgman-Metchim converts that language of light and sound into the figure’s open wings and unbalanced, outward-reaching pose.
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D. Bridgman-Metchim. "Blazes of Glory and Great White Wings" [editorial title]. In Atlantis: The Book of the Angels, D. Bridgman-Metchim. Cheap edition, 1903 scan, 1903, Swan Sonnenschein & Co., Limited. Source scan leaf 311. Lumitheca. /gallery/image/gallery-20261108-0064-0311
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D. Bridgman-Metchim. Blazes of Glory and Great White Wings. Atlantis: The Book of the Angels. Scan leaf 311. Lumitheca. https://lumitheca.com/gallery/image/gallery-20261108-0064-0311