Art, Symbol & Imagination
The Doctor Expounds His Favourite Topic
Four men sit around a table while a fifth figure watches from the doorway. The speaker raises one hand above the papers and dishes before him. Gaul’s caption identifies the doctor expounding a favourite topic within the novel’s framing discussion of the manuscript.
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Gilbert Gaul. "The Doctor Expounds His Favourite Topic" [editorial title]. In A Strange Manuscript Found in a Copper Cylinder, Author not named on supplied title page; illustrations by Gilbert Gaul. 1888 Harper & Brothers illustrated printing; title page does not name the author, 1888, Harper & Brothers. Source scan leaf 8. Lumitheca. /gallery/image/gallery-20261108-0282-0002
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Gilbert Gaul. The Doctor Expounds His Favourite Topic. A Strange Manuscript Found in a Copper Cylinder. Scan leaf 8. Lumitheca. https://lumitheca.com/gallery/image/gallery-20261108-0282-0002