Perseus & the Gorgons

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Perseus stands on a rocky shoreline, sword in hand, as he places Medusa’s severed head into a bag

Perseus & the gorgons.

(Facing p. 32.)

Artist

Name:: Crane, Walter
Dates:: 1845-1915
Country:: UK

Illustration

Subject:: Narratives
Format:: Portrait (taller)
Source:: The New York Public Library

Book

Title:: A wonder book for girls & boys
Author:: Hawthorne, Nathaniel
Publisher:: Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1892
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Perseus stands on a rocky shoreline, sword in hand, as he places Medusa’s severed head into a bag while averting his gaze to avoid its petrifying eyes. The two surviving Gorgons crawl across the ground, stricken with terror, while Medusa’s headless body lies in the foreground.

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