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A Horned Head and Skeleton beneath an Arch
Baskets line a shelf inside a broad stone arch, while a horned head and skeleton lie beneath a bright oval opening. The signature Marshall appears at the lower right. This allegorical vignette heads Prophetic Recollections by the Royal Merlin, where its disturbing still life accompanies reflections on political change, time and astrological prediction.
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Marshall (signed engraving). "A Horned Head and Skeleton beneath an Arch" [editorial title]. In The Old Book of Magic, Dr. L. W. de Laurence. Undated copy; copyright 1918, undated edition, De Laurence, Scott & Co.. Source scan leaf 192. Lumitheca. /gallery/image/gallery-20261108-0159-0188
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Marshall (signed engraving). A Horned Head and Skeleton beneath an Arch. The Old Book of Magic. Scan leaf 192. Lumitheca. https://lumitheca.com/gallery/image/gallery-20261108-0159-0188