Art, Symbol & Imagination
Dead Is Thy Son, Pharaoh
A woman bends across a richly laid table with a small lifeless body in her arms. The assembled court turns towards the terrible interruption. The scene comes from The Night of Dread, when the death of Pharaoh’s son breaks into the feast.
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Maurice Greiffenhagen. "Dead Is Thy Son, Pharaoh" [editorial title]. In The World's Desire, H. Rider Haggard and Andrew Lang; illustrations by Maurice Greiffenhagen. London: Longmans, Green, and Co., 1894; new edition with twenty-seven illustrations from drawings by Maurice Greiffenhagen., 1894, Longmans, Green, and Co.. Source scan leaf 138. Lumitheca. /gallery/image/gallery-20261108-0450-0138
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Maurice Greiffenhagen. Dead Is Thy Son, Pharaoh. The World's Desire. Scan leaf 138. Lumitheca. https://lumitheca.com/gallery/image/gallery-20261108-0450-0138