Art, Symbol & Imagination
False Gold, False Coin
A small grotesque figure holds out a bright coin beside a knight mounted on a white horse. Crooked trees and tangled roots crowd the path. The accompanying caption cries out against false gold and false coin during Huldbrand’s account of his enchanted woodland adventure.
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Arthur Rackham. "False Gold, False Coin" [editorial title]. In Undine, Friedrich de la Motte Fouque; adapted from the German by W. L. Courtney; illustrated by Arthur Rackham. London: William Heinemann; New York: Doubleday, Page & Co., 1911; second impression, February 1911; adapted by W. L. Courtney, illustrated by Arthur Rackham., 1911, William Heinemann; Doubleday, Page & Co.. Source scan leaf 71. Lumitheca. /gallery/image/gallery-20261108-0444-0071
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Arthur Rackham. False Gold, False Coin. Undine. Scan leaf 71. Lumitheca. https://lumitheca.com/gallery/image/gallery-20261108-0444-0071