Art, Symbol & Imagination
The Mallet and the Fantastic Company
A crowded company of oddly shaped figures fills the page with pink robes, dark hair and a huge pale-green face. Patterned clothes and exaggerated features give every member a distinct presence. The facing caption places the gathering in The Mallet, the story of two brothers and a magical source of fortune.
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Warwick Goble. "The Mallet and the Fantastic Company" [editorial title]. In Green Willow and Other Japanese Fairy Tales, Grace James; illustrations by Warwick Goble. London: Macmillan and Co., Limited, 1910; forty colour illustrations by Warwick Goble., 1910, Macmillan and Co., Limited. Source scan leaf 199. Lumitheca. /gallery/image/gallery-20261108-0387-0190
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Warwick Goble. The Mallet and the Fantastic Company. Green Willow and Other Japanese Fairy Tales. Scan leaf 199. Lumitheca. https://lumitheca.com/gallery/image/gallery-20261108-0387-0190