Art, Symbol & Imagination
Crowded Ships in the Towering Seas
Tall ships crowd together above a churning sea, their decks full of small figures and their rigging thick with intersecting lines. Pale sails lean across the scene as waves rise beneath the hulls. The intricate plate gives the collection’s maritime history an intense sense of labour and danger.
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W. Heath Robinson. "Crowded Ships in the Towering Seas" [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 79. Lumitheca. /gallery/image/gallery-20261108-0410-0072
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W. Heath Robinson. Crowded Ships in the Towering Seas. A Song of the English. Scan leaf 79. Lumitheca. https://lumitheca.com/gallery/image/gallery-20261108-0410-0072