Art, Symbol & Imagination
The Woman in White and the Polar Bears
A pale woman stands among three white polar bears beneath a dark starry sky. Her long veil and robe blend with the snow and the animals’ fur. The facing caption emphasises the glistening whiteness of the apparition that the painter Eric encounters on his journey.
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Edmund Dulac. "The Woman in White and the Polar Bears" [editorial title]. In The Dreamer of Dreams, Marie, Queen of Romania; illustrated by Edmund Dulac. Undated London, New York and Toronto: Hodder & Stoughton illustrated edition., undated edition, Hodder & Stoughton. Source scan leaf 8. Lumitheca. /gallery/image/gallery-20261108-0379-0002
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Edmund Dulac. The Woman in White and the Polar Bears. The Dreamer of Dreams. Scan leaf 8. Lumitheca. https://lumitheca.com/gallery/image/gallery-20261108-0379-0002