Art, Symbol & Imagination
Undine Vanishes in the Danube
A pale woman dissolves into broad curling waves in the foreground. A boat carrying the other travellers remains farther back on the river. The original caption identifies the moment when Undine is lost to sight in the Danube.
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Arthur Rackham. "Undine Vanishes in the Danube" [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 183. Lumitheca. /gallery/image/gallery-20261108-0444-0183
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Arthur Rackham. Undine Vanishes in the Danube. Undine. Scan leaf 183. Lumitheca. https://lumitheca.com/gallery/image/gallery-20261108-0444-0183