Art, Symbol & Imagination
Fritilla and the Red Flying-Fish
A seated woman spreads a broad patterned skirt beneath a red disc containing a fantastic fish. Her upturned face and open hands connect her pose with the creature above. The facing caption identifies Fritilla and the red flying-fish in the frontispiece to The City Curious.
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Jean de Bosschere. "Fritilla and the Red Flying-Fish" [editorial title]. In The City Curious, Jean de Bosschère; illustrated by the author; rendered into English by F. Tennyson Jesse. Supplied illustrated edition from Dodd, Mead & Company; William Heinemann, 1920, Dodd, Mead & Company; William Heinemann. Source scan leaf 8. Lumitheca. /gallery/image/gallery-20261108-0259-0002
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Jean de Bosschere. Fritilla and the Red Flying-Fish. The City Curious. Scan leaf 8. Lumitheca. https://lumitheca.com/gallery/image/gallery-20261108-0259-0002