Art, Symbol & Imagination
Cerberus, the Three-Headed Hound
Three dark canine heads crowd a rocky passage, their jaws open around pale flowing forms. Curling tails and contrasting green drapery make the monster part of the twisting landscape. The illustration accompanies the book’s account of Cerberus, the hound guarding the entrance to Hades.
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Edmund Dulac. "Cerberus, the Three-Headed Hound" [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 146. Lumitheca. /gallery/image/gallery-20261108-0382-0137
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Editorial title and description. Source details from the Library catalogue.
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Edmund Dulac. Cerberus, the Three-Headed Hound. Edmund Dulac's Picture-Book for the French Red Cross. Scan leaf 146. Lumitheca. https://lumitheca.com/gallery/image/gallery-20261108-0382-0137