Art, Symbol & Imagination
The Coastwise Lights: The Red Lighthouse
A tall red lighthouse rises on an open lattice of supports beside the water. A sailing ship approaches beyond the structure beneath a pale sky. The plate accompanies the coastwise lights that speak as guardians of ships returning to England.
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W. Heath Robinson. "The Coastwise Lights: The Red Lighthouse" [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 47. Lumitheca. /gallery/image/gallery-20261108-0410-0041
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W. Heath Robinson. The Coastwise Lights: The Red Lighthouse. A Song of the English. Scan leaf 47. Lumitheca. https://lumitheca.com/gallery/image/gallery-20261108-0410-0041