Art, Symbol & Imagination
The Victims with Unequal Limbs
Three thin figures stand together with impossibly long legs and arms. Their small hats and faces contrast with the angular reach of their bodies. The printed caption explains the unequal limbs of victims arriving from the travelling prison.
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Jean de Bosschere. "The Victims with Unequal Limbs" [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 155. Lumitheca. /gallery/image/gallery-20261108-0259-0148
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Jean de Bosschere. The Victims with Unequal Limbs. The City Curious. Scan leaf 155. Lumitheca. https://lumitheca.com/gallery/image/gallery-20261108-0259-0148