Dresser, Christopher · London : Cassell, Petter, & Galpin · leaf 44
grotesque than I otherwise could, I have sketched one or two orig-inal ilhistrations — • Fig-. 21 being- sug-g-estive o£ a face, Fig. 22 of a skeleton (old bogey), and Fig. 23 of an impossible animal. They are inten- tionally far from imitative. If naturalistic some w^ould awaken a sense of pain,… … Fig. 21. Japanese are those which represent a com- bination of power, vigour, energy, and passion most fully. This is to be accounted for by the fact that these peoples are believers in dragons. When the sun or moon is eclipsed they believe that the luminous orb has ben Tig, 22. swallowed by some…
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