Art, Symbol & Imagination
The Aged Man in the Vision
A white-bearded figure in a dark robe stands within green cloud-like light, holding a long staff. A much smaller seated figure waits far below. The caption records the appearance of the venerable old man at the beginning of the Wicked Half-Brothers story.
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Edmund Dulac. "The Aged Man in the Vision" [editorial title]. In Stories from the Arabian Nights, Retold by Laurence Housman; drawings by Edmund Dulac. London: Hodder and Stoughton; title undated, verso states “Printed in 1907”; retold by Laurence Housman, drawings by Edmund Dulac., 1907, Hodder and Stoughton. Source scan leaf 301. Lumitheca. /gallery/image/gallery-20261108-0413-0293
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Edmund Dulac. The Aged Man in the Vision. Stories from the Arabian Nights. Scan leaf 301. Lumitheca. https://lumitheca.com/gallery/image/gallery-20261108-0413-0293