Art, Symbol & Imagination
The Cyclopes Were Building
Small figures climb a great angular structure filled with platforms, wheels and hanging buckets. A large wheel on a wheeled base dominates the foreground. The printed caption identifies the Cyclopes building, placing the construction within the travellers’ final island encounters.
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Jean de Bosschere. "The Cyclopes Were Building" [editorial title]. In Weird Islands, Jean de Bosschère; illustrated by the author. Supplied illustrated edition from Chapman and Hall, Ltd., 1921, Chapman and Hall, Ltd.. Source scan leaf 210. Lumitheca. /gallery/image/gallery-20261108-0264-0203
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Jean de Bosschere. The Cyclopes Were Building. Weird Islands. Scan leaf 210. Lumitheca. https://lumitheca.com/gallery/image/gallery-20261108-0264-0203