Art, Symbol & Imagination
The Sculptor and His Clay
A sculptor in a loose work garment stands between a small clay bust and a much larger seated male figure. A stool and black cat occupy the foreground. The caption links the image to the maker shaping clay into an imagined form, giving the studio a place within Crawford’s reflection on human creation.
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William John Hennessy. "The Sculptor and His Clay" [editorial title]. In The Witch of Prague, F. Marion Crawford. 1901 reissue, 1901, Macmillan and Co., Limited. Source scan leaf 109. Lumitheca. /gallery/image/gallery-20261108-0168-0106
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William John Hennessy. The Sculptor and His Clay. The Witch of Prague. Scan leaf 109. Lumitheca. https://lumitheca.com/gallery/image/gallery-20261108-0168-0106