Occult Literature
The Hermit: Pamela Colman Smith’s Lantern Bearer
A cloaked elder stands upon a rocky height holding a lantern in one hand and a staff in the other. A small six-pointed light appears within the lantern above the nearly empty ground. Smith concentrates the design upon solitude, supported posture and a carefully held source of light. The surrounding space gives the lantern an importance that a crowded background would weaken. The long robe connects the body's vertical outline to the staff while leaving the face directed towards the illuminated object.
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Pamela Colman Smith (design). "The Hermit: Pamela Colman Smith’s Lantern Bearer" [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 65. Lumitheca. /gallery/image/tarot-smith-60
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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 Hermit: Pamela Colman Smith’s Lantern Bearer. The Illustrated Key to the Tarot: The Veil of Divination. Scan leaf 65. Lumitheca. https://lumitheca.com/gallery/image/tarot-smith-60