Art, Symbol & Imagination
The Ensouled Violin: Reginald Machell’s Illustrated Initial
A sombre face emerges beside a violin whose body follows the lower curve of a curling design. A tall dark stroke rises above the instrument as the opening initial of The Ensouled Violin. The ornament belongs to Reginald Machell’s illustrations for H. P. Blavatsky’s Nightmare Tales. Human expression and musical object share the same small space, anticipating the story’s uneasy relation between a player and his instrument.
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Reginald Machell. "The Ensouled Violin: Reginald Machell’s Illustrated Initial" [editorial title]. In Nightmare Tales, H. P. Blavatsky. 1907 Aryan Theosophical Press scan, 1907, The Aryan Theosophical Press. Source scan leaf 119. Lumitheca. /gallery/image/gallery-20261108-0112-0103
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Reginald Machell. The Ensouled Violin: Reginald Machell’s Illustrated Initial. Nightmare Tales. Scan leaf 119. Lumitheca. https://lumitheca.com/gallery/image/gallery-20261108-0112-0103