Art, Symbol & Imagination
The Viaduct
A small locomotive and trailing smoke move across a line of tall arches. The pale openings contrast with the black mass of the hillside beside them. Horton compresses the railway crossing into a few strong shapes and a steep shift in scale.
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W. T. Horton. "The Viaduct" [printed contents title]. In A Book of Images, W. T. Horton; introduction by W. B. Yeats. Illustrated 1898 edition, supplied as a digital scan, 1898, Unicorn Press. Source scan leaf 41. Lumitheca. /gallery/image/horton-the-viaduct
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Title follows the printed contents. The complete source plate retains its paper tone, margins and signature. Description concerns visible forms rather than assigning a universal symbolic meaning.
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W. T. Horton. The Viaduct. A Book of Images. Scan leaf 41. Lumitheca. https://lumitheca.com/gallery/image/horton-the-viaduct