Art, Symbol & Imagination
The Chaplain and the Dishonoured Grave
A long-robed figure stands beside tall bars while a low burial-like scene fills the bottom panel. The adjoining verse laments the chaplain’s refusal to pray at the grave.
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Latimer J. Wilson. "The Chaplain and the Dishonoured Grave" [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 34. Lumitheca. /gallery/image/gallery-20261108-0621-0034
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Latimer J. Wilson. The Chaplain and the Dishonoured Grave. The Ballad of Reading Gaol. Scan leaf 34. Lumitheca. https://lumitheca.com/gallery/image/gallery-20261108-0621-0034