Art, Symbol & Imagination
Thuba Mleen
An immense elaborately dressed figure rises above a crowded city of towers and roofs. Clouds, stars and curling ornamental forms flow around his head and robe. The caption names Thuba Mleen, the cruel emperor encountered within the narrator’s disturbing vision.
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S. H. Sime. "Thuba Mleen" [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 153. Lumitheca. /gallery/image/gallery-20261108-0250-0143
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S. H. Sime. Thuba Mleen. A Dreamer's Tales. Scan leaf 153. Lumitheca. https://lumitheca.com/gallery/image/gallery-20261108-0250-0143