Art, Symbol & Imagination
Kisika in Her Sedan-Chair
A small passenger sits within a richly patterned sedan-chair carried by two fantastically dressed attendants. A narrow bridge and blue water divide the crowded setting into curved bands. The facing caption names Kisika in her sedan-chair among the inhabitants of The City Curious.
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Jean de Bosschere. "Kisika in Her Sedan-Chair" [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 171. Lumitheca. /gallery/image/gallery-20261108-0259-0164
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Jean de Bosschere. Kisika in Her Sedan-Chair. The City Curious. Scan leaf 171. Lumitheca. https://lumitheca.com/gallery/image/gallery-20261108-0259-0164