Art, Symbol & Imagination
Death by Suffocation
People slump against stone walls or lie across the paving of a narrow street. Bare branches and hanging signs frame the long view between the buildings. The printed caption names suffocation, one of the possible consequences debated as the novel’s comet approaches Earth.
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Illustrator not identified. "Death by Suffocation" [editorial title]. In Omega: The Last Days of the World, Camille Flammarion; multiple illustrators credited in the supplied title. New York: The Cosmopolitan Publishing Company; undated title, copyright 1894 by J. B. Walker., undated edition, The Cosmopolitan Publishing Company. Source scan leaf 75. Lumitheca. /gallery/image/gallery-20261108-0405-0069
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Illustrator not identified. Death by Suffocation. Omega: The Last Days of the World. Scan leaf 75. Lumitheca. https://lumitheca.com/gallery/image/gallery-20261108-0405-0069