Art, Symbol & Imagination
The Raven: The Reader in the Curtained Room
A dark-clothed man bends towards an open book beside tall curtained windows. A small table, flowers and an oval portrait give the room the traces of another life. Dulac sets the reader’s search for relief from the loss of Lenore within a richly shaded interior.
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Edmund Dulac. "The Raven: The Reader in the Curtained Room" [editorial title]. In The Bells and Other Poems, Edgar Allan Poe; illustrated by Edmund Dulac. New York and London: Hodder and Stoughton; undated title; illustrations by Edmund Dulac., undated edition, Hodder and Stoughton. Source scan leaf 39. Lumitheca. /gallery/image/gallery-20261108-0417-0029
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Edmund Dulac. The Raven: The Reader in the Curtained Room. The Bells and Other Poems. Scan leaf 39. Lumitheca. https://lumitheca.com/gallery/image/gallery-20261108-0417-0029