Art, Symbol & Imagination
The Poet Sets Out for the Castle of Death
A young man stands alone beside a long forked branch and sparse leaves. Fine diagonal shading sets his pale tunic apart from the background. The surrounding story follows the bereaved poet resolving to seek his beloved in the Castle of the King of Death.
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W. Fitzgerald and W. V. Cockburn (edition credits). "The Poet Sets Out for the Castle of Death" [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 163. Lumitheca. /gallery/image/gallery-20261108-0451-0163
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W. Fitzgerald and W. V. Cockburn (edition credits). The Poet Sets Out for the Castle of Death. Under the Sunset. Scan leaf 163. Lumitheca. https://lumitheca.com/gallery/image/gallery-20261108-0451-0163