Art, Symbol & Imagination
Professor Cracker’s Scientific Investigation
Three figures gather around a box-like instrument on a tall tripod in a mountain landscape. One looks down at a page while another turns towards the apparatus. The caption names the scientific investigation, part of Hartmann’s satire of Professor Cracker’s efforts to examine the gnomes.
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Illustrator not identified. "Professor Cracker’s Scientific Investigation" [editorial title]. In Among the Gnomes: An Occult Tale of Adventure in the Untersberg, Franz Hartmann. London: T. Fisher Unwin, 1895; illustrated edition., 1895, T. Fisher Unwin. Source scan leaf 64. Lumitheca. /gallery/image/gallery-20261108-0383-0056
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Illustrator not identified. Professor Cracker’s Scientific Investigation. Among the Gnomes: An Occult Tale of Adventure in the Untersberg. Scan leaf 64. Lumitheca. https://lumitheca.com/gallery/image/gallery-20261108-0383-0056