A dream in which Captain Ducie holding a dagger approaches himself asleep and sees a black man emerging from under his bed. Process print after R. Taylor after M.L. Gow, 1891.

  • Gow, Mary Louisa, 1851-1929.
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[1891]
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42923i
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A dream in which Captain Ducie holding a dagger approaches himself asleep and sees a black man emerging from under his bed. Process print after R. Taylor after M.L. Gow, 1891. Wellcome Collection. Public Domain Mark. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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The black figure is "Cleon the mulatto", armed with a dagger, who retrieves a diamond from a chain around the neck of the white man (Ducie)

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[London] : [R. Bentley], [1891]

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1 print : photogravure ; image 11.3 x 16.2 cm

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Suddenly, through the mist of perfume that filled the room, he saw or seemed to see, a black and threatening figure rise from the floor close by his bedside. M. Gow. R. Taylor.

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Wellcome Collection 42923i

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After a wood engraving by R. Taylor after M.L. Gow

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