Art, Symbol & Imagination
The Red Sail by Mortimer Menpes
A small boat carries a high rust-red sail beside a wooden jetty and low waterfront buildings. Reflections of the sail spread across the blue-green water.
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Mortimer Menpes. "The Red Sail by Mortimer Menpes" [editorial title]. In Japan a Record in Colour, Mortimer Menpes; transcribed by Dorothy Menpes. Japan, a Record in Colour by Mortimer Menpes; transcribed by Dorothy Menpes, whose prefatory note is dated November 1901. Adam and Charles Black, undated retained title., undated edition. Source scan leaf 295. Lumitheca. /gallery/image/gallery-20261108-0586-0295
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Mortimer Menpes. The Red Sail by Mortimer Menpes. Japan a Record in Colour. Scan leaf 295. Lumitheca. https://lumitheca.com/gallery/image/gallery-20261108-0586-0295