Art, Symbol & Imagination
The Figure beside the Flowering Screen
A richly robed figure stands beside a pale flowering screen overlooking open water. Small flowers dot the dark ground beneath the broad patterned sleeves. The airy pink sky gives this Mackenzie plate a quieter setting than the crowded palace interiors.
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Mackenzie (as credited on the title page). "The Figure beside the Flowering Screen" [editorial title]. In Aladdin and His Wonderful Lamp in Rhyme, Arthur Ransome; illustrated by Thomas Mackenzie. Undated Brentano’s New York printing; title credits Mackenzie as illustrator. Work first published December 1919; the physical copy is not assigned that date without a dated title., undated edition, Brentano's. Source scan leaf 171. Lumitheca. /gallery/image/gallery-20261108-0210-0141
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Mackenzie (as credited on the title page). The Figure beside the Flowering Screen. Aladdin and His Wonderful Lamp in Rhyme. Scan leaf 171. Lumitheca. https://lumitheca.com/gallery/image/gallery-20261108-0210-0141