Art, Symbol & Imagination
Sailing Ships on the Open Sea
A many-masted sailing ship advances through calm blue water while smaller vessels occupy the distance. Fine rigging and pale sails divide the open sky into delicate lines. Robinson’s colour plate places the maritime world at the centre of Kipling’s collection.
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W. Heath Robinson. "Sailing Ships on the Open Sea" [editorial title]. In A Song of the English, Rudyard Kipling; illustrated by W. Heath Robinson. New York: Doubleday, Page & Company; undated title, copyright leaf dated 1909; illustrated by W. Heath Robinson., undated edition, Doubleday, Page & Company. Source scan leaf 43. Lumitheca. /gallery/image/gallery-20261108-0410-0037
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W. Heath Robinson. Sailing Ships on the Open Sea. A Song of the English. Scan leaf 43. Lumitheca. https://lumitheca.com/gallery/image/gallery-20261108-0410-0037