Art, Symbol & Imagination
The Jumping-Jack Nightmare
A dark monkey-like figure clings to a tall pole beside a bed and a group of strange watchers. A woman with a bright star over her head stands at the right. The adjoining text describes the narrator’s nightmare as a toy jumping-jack takes on the features of Professor Cracker.
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Illustrator not identified. "The Jumping-Jack Nightmare" [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 126. Lumitheca. /gallery/image/gallery-20261108-0383-0118
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Illustrator not identified. The Jumping-Jack Nightmare. Among the Gnomes: An Occult Tale of Adventure in the Untersberg. Scan leaf 126. Lumitheca. https://lumitheca.com/gallery/image/gallery-20261108-0383-0118