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The Magician: Pamela Colman Smith’s Tarot Design
A standing figure raises a wand above a table carrying a cup, blade, staff and pentacle. Flowers grow across the foreground beneath an infinity sign over the head. Smith's design organises action between the elevated wand and the hand pointing downwards, with the table keeping several kinds of implement within reach.
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Pamela Colman Smith (design). "The Magician: Pamela Colman Smith’s Tarot Design" [editorial title]. In The Illustrated Key to the Tarot: The Veil of Divination, Dr. L. W. de Laurence. 1916 edition, 1916, De Laurence, Scott & Co.. Source scan leaf 49. Lumitheca. /gallery/image/tarot-smith-44
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Editorial title and description. Source details from the Library catalogue.
Original source design and caption inspected; composition retained with scan margins trimmed. No reconstructed or recoloured details. Design credited to Pamela Colman Smith; reproduced in the active L. W. de Laurence volume. Card border, number and title retained.
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Pamela Colman Smith (design). The Magician: Pamela Colman Smith’s Tarot Design. The Illustrated Key to the Tarot: The Veil of Divination. Scan leaf 49. Lumitheca. https://lumitheca.com/gallery/image/tarot-smith-44