Art, Symbol & Imagination
The Sleepwalker at the Open Window
A woman in a pale nightdress stands outside an open window on a narrow ledge. The moon and clouds fill the dark sky behind her. The illustration belongs to Sextus’s chapter on natural somnambulism.
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Illustrator not identified. "The Sleepwalker at the Open Window" [editorial title]. In Hypnotism: Its Facts, Theories and Related Phenomena, Carl Sextus. D. Estes & Company historical edition, circa 1900; copyright 1893, 1900, D. Estes & Company. Source scan leaf 192. Lumitheca. /gallery/image/gallery-20261108-0482-0188
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Editorial title and description. Source details from the Library catalogue.
A historical illustration from the book’s discussion of hypnotism and related beliefs. It does not validate the source’s period therapeutic or supernatural claims.
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Illustrator not identified. The Sleepwalker at the Open Window. Hypnotism: Its Facts, Theories and Related Phenomena. Scan leaf 192. Lumitheca. https://lumitheca.com/gallery/image/gallery-20261108-0482-0188