Art, Symbol & Imagination
In the Midst of the Breakers
Dark rigging cuts diagonally across a vessel overwhelmed by rolling seas and spray. The original caption places the ship in the midst of the breakers during the novel’s opening storm.
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H. Julien and R. G. Mathews (book illustration credits). "In the Midst of the Breakers" [editorial title]. In A Bit of Atlantis, Douglas Erskine. 1900 historical edition, 1900, A. T. Chapman. Source scan leaf 69. Lumitheca. /gallery/image/gallery-20261108-0544-0069
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Editorial title and description. Source details from the Library catalogue.
Descriptive title supplied for the visually reviewed historical illustration, reproduced from the exact library edition.
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H. Julien and R. G. Mathews (book illustration credits). In the Midst of the Breakers. A Bit of Atlantis. Scan leaf 69. Lumitheca. https://lumitheca.com/gallery/image/gallery-20261108-0544-0069