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Mittwoch, 20. September 2017

John D. Batten: Illustrations to THE BOOK OF WONDER VOYAGES

 John Dickson Batten (8 October 1860 – 5 August 1932), born in Plymouth, Devon, was an English painter of figures in oils, tempera and fresco and a book illustrator and printmaker.

 Frontispiece
Thetis saves the Argonauts from Scylla





 Phrixus and Helle 


 Aeson and Jason


 Chiron's farewell to the Argonauts


 The chase of the Harpies


 Ther crop of the dragon's teeth



 Circe and Medea


 The beguiling of Talus


 The giant ants


 The monster of the feats

 The red hot swine


 The mill of grudging


 The Queen of the magic clew


 The great bird


 The Persian and Hasan


 The Persian sews up Hasan


 The flight of the swan maidens


 Hasan's wife carries off her children


 The Shaykh Abu Al-Ruwaysh


 The King and Manar Al-Sana


 Hasan rejoins his wife


 Shawahi on the jar


 Thorkill and the serpent

The horn-snouted giants



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