Art, Symbol & Imagination
The Dead Traveller on the Shore
A motionless figure lies face down among stones at the foot of a high cliff. A long gun rests nearby while a dark bird passes overhead. The image joins Kipling’s Song of the Dead with its account of routes marked by those who did not survive the journey.
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W. Heath Robinson. "The Dead Traveller on the Shore" [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 67. Lumitheca. /gallery/image/gallery-20261108-0410-0060
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W. Heath Robinson. The Dead Traveller on the Shore. A Song of the English. Scan leaf 67. Lumitheca. https://lumitheca.com/gallery/image/gallery-20261108-0410-0060