Art, Symbol & Imagination
Bertalda above the Red-Roofed Town
A young woman in a richly coloured gown stands before a town of red roofs and close-set buildings. Fine branches and distant towers frame her figure. The printed caption names Bertalda in the episode surrounding her birthday celebration.
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Arthur Rackham. "Bertalda above the Red-Roofed Town" [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 133. Lumitheca. /gallery/image/gallery-20261108-0444-0133
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Arthur Rackham. Bertalda above the Red-Roofed Town. Undine. Scan leaf 133. Lumitheca. https://lumitheca.com/gallery/image/gallery-20261108-0444-0133