'I see Diogenes … ’

Alfred Garth Jones

1902

Wood engraving

7 x 3¾ inches

Charles Lamb, The Letters of Elia, facing 220.

An illustration to one of Lamb’s droll speculations. Jones deploys the lexicon of Art Nouveau, combining dynamic organic forms and swirling lines with a strong contrast between absolute white and blackness.

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