Art, Symbol & Imagination
Blue Beard’s Wife Opens the Forbidden Door
A woman in an embroidered red gown holds a small key at a door and turns anxiously towards the viewer. The caption identifies her trembling as she opens the forbidden room.
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Arthur Rackham. "Blue Beard’s Wife Opens the Forbidden Door" [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 159. Lumitheca. /gallery/image/gallery-20261108-0578-0159
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Arthur Rackham. Blue Beard’s Wife Opens the Forbidden Door. The Arthur Rackham Fairy Book. Scan leaf 159. Lumitheca. https://lumitheca.com/gallery/image/gallery-20261108-0578-0159