Art, Symbol & Imagination
The Knight and the Pointing Figures
A rider in red passes above a web of roots crowded with little faces and outstretched hands. The white horse stands out against the densely worked forest. The original caption describes the strange figures pointing their stained fingers at the knight.
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Arthur Rackham. "The Knight and the Pointing Figures" [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 77. Lumitheca. /gallery/image/gallery-20261108-0444-0077
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Arthur Rackham. The Knight and the Pointing Figures. Undine. Scan leaf 77. Lumitheca. https://lumitheca.com/gallery/image/gallery-20261108-0444-0077