Art, Symbol & Imagination
The Condemned Man and the Chaplain
A tall pale prisoner-like figure stands beside a framed block of verse. The text describes the restrained condemned man and the chaplain’s presence before execution.
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Latimer J. Wilson. "The Condemned Man and the Chaplain" [editorial title]. In The Ballad of Reading Gaol, Oscar Wilde; drawings by Latimer J. Wilson. New York: F. M. Buckles & Company illustrated edition, catalogued 1907; drawings by Latimer J. Wilson., 1907, F. M. Buckles & Company. Source scan leaf 9. Lumitheca. /gallery/image/gallery-20261108-0621-0009
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Latimer J. Wilson. The Condemned Man and the Chaplain. The Ballad of Reading Gaol. Scan leaf 9. Lumitheca. https://lumitheca.com/gallery/image/gallery-20261108-0621-0009