Art, Symbol & Imagination
We Would Gallop through Africa
A fantastically dressed rider speeds across a rocky foreground beneath a towering pale mountain. Strange plants, small creatures and hanging foliage enclose the route. The source captions Sime’s frontispiece We Would Gallop through Africa, introducing the far-travelling imagination of A Dreamer’s Tales.
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S. H. Sime. "We Would Gallop through Africa" [editorial title]. In A Dreamer's Tales, Lord Dunsany; illustrations by S. H. Sime. Undated Boston illustrated edition, undated edition, John W. Luce & Company. Source scan leaf 10. Lumitheca. /gallery/image/gallery-20261108-0250-0002
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S. H. Sime. We Would Gallop through Africa. A Dreamer's Tales. Scan leaf 10. Lumitheca. https://lumitheca.com/gallery/image/gallery-20261108-0250-0002