Art, Symbol & Imagination
The Man Who Lifts His Hat in Kensington Gardens
A formally dressed man raises his hat beside a large gnarled tree. Tiny figures peer from the roots and branches while the garden path continues behind him. The opening plate makes the ordinary London setting and its hidden fairy inhabitants visible in the same scene.
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Arthur Rackham. "The Man Who Lifts His Hat in Kensington Gardens" [editorial title]. In Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens, J. M. Barrie; drawings by Arthur Rackham. New York: Charles Scribner’s Sons, 1910; drawings by Arthur Rackham., 1910, Charles Scribner's Sons. Source scan leaf 8. Lumitheca. /gallery/image/gallery-20261108-0406-0002
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Arthur Rackham. The Man Who Lifts His Hat in Kensington Gardens. Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens. Scan leaf 8. Lumitheca. https://lumitheca.com/gallery/image/gallery-20261108-0406-0002