Art, Symbol & Imagination
Nod beneath the Dark Shape
A small monkey looks upward beneath great pale cliffs and an overhanging dark shape. The immense vertical forms dwarf the traveller. The original caption describes Nod’s sudden terror as darkness appears above him during the dangerous mountain journey.
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Dorothy P. Lathrop. "Nod beneath the Dark Shape" [editorial title]. In The Three Mulla-Mulgars, Walter de la Mare; illustrated by Dorothy P. Lathrop. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1919; illustrations by Dorothy P. Lathrop., 1919, Alfred A. Knopf. Source scan leaf 149. Lumitheca. /gallery/image/gallery-20261108-0442-0149
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Dorothy P. Lathrop. Nod beneath the Dark Shape. The Three Mulla-Mulgars. Scan leaf 149. Lumitheca. https://lumitheca.com/gallery/image/gallery-20261108-0442-0149