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(No Ratings Yet)Loading...The very first glance at the illustration creates certain despair in our thoughts as the hanging figure captures our heart at the moment we look at it as it arises many speculations in our minds. As we are staggering at the hanging man, the three figures in thieves’ attire at the bottom-right corner make our thoughts more suspicious. They are with a ladder and a sword, and the hanging man is dead apparently with nothing precious to steal from. Then what is the strong intention which made them laboring to come near an unworthy corpse at a stormy night. What is the gain to these selfish thieves for such toil? This is an illustration from much revered Irish writer Lord Dunsany’s story The Highwaymen. It […]
(No Ratings Yet)Loading...Sidney H. Sime was a well-revered artist in his time as he illustrated for the works of the Irish writer Lord Dunsany. Illustrator like Roger Dean and H. P. Lovecraft were the utmost fans of his illustrations. The illustration titled ‘Even I too! Even I too!’ is a line uttered by the king of Babbulkund from Lord Dunsany’s story The Fall of Babbulkund. It tells a story about some travellers who embark a journey to see the wondrous city of Babbulkund appraisingly called as the city of Marvel. During the way they encounters with many traveller coming back. They sit with them to hear the glory of Babbulkund. As they journeys nearer the Babbulkund they met more and more travellers and heard the eulogy. Drastically, […]