Art, Symbol & Imagination
The Giant Plague above the City
A huge indistinct figure rises above a tightly gathered town with its arms spread across the sky. Small buildings and people emphasize the scale of the apparition. The surrounding story identifies the approaching Giant seen by Zaya as the personification of Plague.
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W. Fitzgerald and W. V. Cockburn (edition credits). "The Giant Plague above the City" [editorial title]. In Under the Sunset, Bram Stoker; illustrations by W. Fitzgerald and W. V. Cockburn. London: Sampson Low, Marston, Searle, and Rivington, title dated 1882; Bodleian copy stamped December 1881. Google scan with Internet Archive OCR. Provider notices retained., 1882, Sampson Low, Marston, Searle, and Rivington. Source scan leaf 70. Lumitheca. /gallery/image/gallery-20261108-0451-0070
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W. Fitzgerald and W. V. Cockburn (edition credits). The Giant Plague above the City. Under the Sunset. Scan leaf 70. Lumitheca. https://lumitheca.com/gallery/image/gallery-20261108-0451-0070