Art, Symbol & Imagination
The Dancing Company: The Petro Sacrifice
Faces, raised arms and bent bodies fill the frame without a clear division between foreground and background. Heavy black areas and bright outlines turn the crowd into a single restless pattern. The illustration accompanies Seabrook’s description of dancing during the ceremony, reflecting the book’s dramatic narrative voice.
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Alexander King. "The Dancing Company: The Petro Sacrifice" [editorial title]. In The Magic Island, W. B. Seabrook; drawings by Alexander King. New York: The Literary Guild of America, 1929; drawings by Alexander King and photographs by the author., 1929, The Literary Guild of America. Source scan leaf 69. Lumitheca. /gallery/image/gallery-20261108-0399-0060
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Editorial title and description. Source details from the Library catalogue.
A historical image from Seabrook’s account of Haiti. The drawings are Alexander King’s interpretations; photographs preserve the source’s period framing and captions.
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Alexander King. The Dancing Company: The Petro Sacrifice. The Magic Island. Scan leaf 69. Lumitheca. https://lumitheca.com/gallery/image/gallery-20261108-0399-0060