Art, Symbol & Imagination
Dark Mother of Mysteries
A crouching woman presses close to a large horned figure with long arms and a patterned body. A looming dark face hovers behind the tightly joined pair. King’s dramatic drawing accompanies Seabrook’s closing reflections on Haiti in The Magic Island.
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Alexander King. "Dark Mother of Mysteries" [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 332. Lumitheca. /gallery/image/gallery-20261108-0399-0323
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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. Dark Mother of Mysteries. The Magic Island. Scan leaf 332. Lumitheca. https://lumitheca.com/gallery/image/gallery-20261108-0399-0323