Larvae so Hideous

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A group of shadowy creatures seems to come crawling down from the upper left corner of the picture — Larvae so bloodless and so hideous.

Artist

Name:: Redon, Odilon
Dates:: 1840-1916
Country:: France

Illustration

Subject:: Narratives
Technique:: Lithograph
Format:: Portrait (taller)
Source:: The Cleveland Museum of Art

Book

Title:: La maison hantée
Author(s):: Bulwer-Lytton, Edward
Publisher:: Paris: Auguste Clot, 1896

Description

An eerie group of shadowy creatures seems to come crawling down from the upper left corner of the picture.

The caption, in this French translation of The Haunted and the Haunters, reads as follows: Des larves si hideuses…

Keywords: 1890s, 19th century, black & white, eerie, supernatural

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