Art, Symbol & Imagination
The Waiting Woman beside the Table
A pale-clothed woman bends over a small round table where a child rests near her face. A red rug and plain tiled floor anchor the quiet room. The enclosed domestic scene sets waiting and separation beside the collection’s far-ranging sea journeys.
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W. Heath Robinson. "The Waiting Woman beside the Table" [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 87. Lumitheca. /gallery/image/gallery-20261108-0410-0080
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W. Heath Robinson. The Waiting Woman beside the Table. A Song of the English. Scan leaf 87. Lumitheca. https://lumitheca.com/gallery/image/gallery-20261108-0410-0080