Art, Symbol & Imagination
Grotesque Faces and Foliage in a Printed Border
Human-like faces emerge from a dense vertical pattern of curling stems and leaves. The narrow proportions turn the engraving into an ornamental strip. Bayley reproduces the historical printed border as one example within his larger comparison of recurring visual motifs.
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Illustrator not identified. "Grotesque Faces and Foliage in a Printed Border" [editorial title]. In The Lost Language of Symbolism, Volume I, Harold Bayley. London: Williams and Norgate, 1912; Volume I; Central Archaeological Library, New Delhi copy., 1912, Williams and Norgate. Source scan leaf 132. Lumitheca. /gallery/image/gallery-20261108-0448-0132
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Illustrator not identified. Grotesque Faces and Foliage in a Printed Border. The Lost Language of Symbolism, Volume I. Scan leaf 132. Lumitheca. https://lumitheca.com/gallery/image/gallery-20261108-0448-0132