Art, Symbol & Imagination
The Fisherman Pauses for the Nightingale
A small boat with a curved shelter floats under dark branches beside a quiet shore. Its occupant pauses beside the fishing gear as the water reflects the pale sky. The caption connects his stillness with the nightingale’s song, heard even during his work.
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Edmund Dulac. "The Fisherman Pauses for the Nightingale" [editorial title]. In Edmund Dulac's Picture-Book for the French Red Cross, Illustrated by Edmund Dulac. Undated wartime Hodder & Stoughton edition published for The Daily Telegraph; London, New York and Toronto., undated edition, Hodder and Stoughton; published for The Daily Telegraph. Source scan leaf 59. Lumitheca. /gallery/image/gallery-20261108-0382-0050
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Edmund Dulac. The Fisherman Pauses for the Nightingale. Edmund Dulac's Picture-Book for the French Red Cross. Scan leaf 59. Lumitheca. https://lumitheca.com/gallery/image/gallery-20261108-0382-0050