[Monster chasing a ghost]. [graphic]. [ca. 1883].

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[Monster chasing a ghost]. [graphic]. [ca. 1883].

Preliminary sketch for the poem "Phantasmagoria" in Lewis Carroll's Rhyme? and reason? A four-legged monster with wings and a beak chasing a figure with a large head and thin legs, which resembles the ghosts in the published drawings.

1 sketch : pen and ink ; sheet 7 x 18 cm. mounted on thin board.

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SNAC Resource ID: 6732891

Rosenbach Museum & Library

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