Art, Symbol & Imagination
The Doom of the Wheel: Philip Burne-Jones
A great wooden wheel occupies the dark wall beneath a short flight of stairs. A figure bends nearby, partly enclosed by the heavy beams and rough masonry. The source caption identifies The Doom of the Wheel. Philip Burne-Jones makes the fictional threat in The Amber Witch tangible through the scale of the mechanism and the restricted space surrounding the body.
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Philip Burne-Jones (design). "The Doom of the Wheel: Philip Burne-Jones" [editorial title]. In The Amber Witch, Wilhelm Meinhold; translated by Lady Duff Gordon; edited by Joseph Jacobs; illustrated by Philip Burne-Jones. 1895 David Nutt edition, 1895, David Nutt. Source scan leaf 240. Lumitheca. /gallery/image/gallery-20261108-0142-0226
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The Amber WitchWilhelm Meinhold; translated by Lady Duff Gordon; edited by Joseph Jacobs; illustrated by Philip Burne-Jones1895More from this book
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Philip Burne-Jones (design). The Doom of the Wheel: Philip Burne-Jones. The Amber Witch. Scan leaf 240. Lumitheca. https://lumitheca.com/gallery/image/gallery-20261108-0142-0226