Art, Symbol & Imagination
Bertalda in the Black Valley
A white-robed figure appears deep within a ravine of twisted trunks and dark foliage. A huge face peers out above the branches. Huldbrand’s search in the Black Valley brings him to Bertalda within this threatening woodland setting.
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Arthur Rackham. "Bertalda in the Black Valley" [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 165. Lumitheca. /gallery/image/gallery-20261108-0444-0165
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Arthur Rackham. Bertalda in the Black Valley. Undine. Scan leaf 165. Lumitheca. https://lumitheca.com/gallery/image/gallery-20261108-0444-0165