Art, Symbol & Imagination
The Guide Points towards the Distant House
A pale winged figure stands beside two travellers while one points across an open field. The distant house and spreading trees form a quieter companion image to the preceding heavenly-gate scene.
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Illustrator not identified. "The Guide Points towards the Distant House" [editorial title]. In Sermons by the Devil, William Shuler Harris. Minter Company edition, 1904, 1904, The Minter Company. Source scan leaf 148. Lumitheca. /gallery/image/gallery-20261108-0469-0144
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Editorial title and description. Source details from the Library catalogue.
An illustration of religious polemic or allegory in the historical source, rather than evidence that the depicted scene occurred.
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Illustrator not identified. The Guide Points towards the Distant House. Sermons by the Devil. Scan leaf 148. Lumitheca. https://lumitheca.com/gallery/image/gallery-20261108-0469-0144