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<p>[QUOTE="Bronwen, post: 2738506, member: 5833"]My immediate reaction was also that it illustrates a story. Could be the original art from which prints were made in the book. Pilgrim's Progress was a good thought, since his hat & staff do suggest a pilgrim.</p><p><br /></p><p>I thought maybe The Inferno, remembering that it starts with something about a dark wood, but the drawing does not illustrate the opening lines:</p><p><br /></p><p>In the middle of the journey of our life, I came to myself, in a dark wood, where the direct way was lost. It is a hard thing to speak of, how wild, harsh and impenetrable that wood was, so that thinking of it recreates the fear.</p><p><br /></p><p>Looks like the right wood but the wrong road for Inferno.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Bronwen, post: 2738506, member: 5833"]My immediate reaction was also that it illustrates a story. Could be the original art from which prints were made in the book. Pilgrim's Progress was a good thought, since his hat & staff do suggest a pilgrim. I thought maybe The Inferno, remembering that it starts with something about a dark wood, but the drawing does not illustrate the opening lines: In the middle of the journey of our life, I came to myself, in a dark wood, where the direct way was lost. It is a hard thing to speak of, how wild, harsh and impenetrable that wood was, so that thinking of it recreates the fear. Looks like the right wood but the wrong road for Inferno.[/QUOTE]
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