Art, Symbol & Imagination
Beauty’s Father Meets the Beast by Arthur Rackham
A man recoils beside a rose-covered garden wall while a large richly dressed Beast stands before him. The adjacent caption describes the merchant’s terror at the creature approaching him.
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Arthur Rackham. "Beauty’s Father Meets the Beast by Arthur Rackham" [editorial title]. In The Arthur Rackham Fairy Book, Arthur Rackham; illustrator and compiler. 1933 Harrap edition; Maastricht University Library copy MU KPB 011, 1933, George G. Harrap & Co. Ltd.. Source scan leaf 63. Lumitheca. /gallery/image/gallery-20261108-0578-0063
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Arthur Rackham. Beauty’s Father Meets the Beast by Arthur Rackham. The Arthur Rackham Fairy Book. Scan leaf 63. Lumitheca. https://lumitheca.com/gallery/image/gallery-20261108-0578-0063