Art, Symbol & Imagination
The Veiled Woman and the Egyptian Warrior
A woman in a pale veil faces a warrior wearing a winged headdress, dark armour and a red cloak. Large Egyptian sculptural forms emerge from the blue background behind them. Comstock’s signed frontispiece introduces the ancient setting of Allan Quatermain’s remembered adventure.
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Enos B. Comstock. "The Veiled Woman and the Egyptian Warrior" [editorial title]. In The Ancient Allan, H. Rider Haggard. New York: Longmans, Green and Co., 1920; Boston Public Library copy., 1920, Longmans, Green and Co.. Source scan leaf 10. Lumitheca. /gallery/image/gallery-20261108-0416-0010
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The Ancient AllanH. Rider Haggard1920Related illustrations
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Enos B. Comstock. The Veiled Woman and the Egyptian Warrior. The Ancient Allan. Scan leaf 10. Lumitheca. https://lumitheca.com/gallery/image/gallery-20261108-0416-0010