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Tales of Mystery and Imagination

Collection: Gray's School of Art Collection; Gray's School of Art Graphic Design Collection 1969-2011
Object Type: Graphic Design: Cover Art
Artist/Maker: unknown
Place Made: Gray's School of Art
Media/Materials: ink on paper
Dimensions: overall: 18.3 cm x 11.3 cm
Classification: Design: Graphics

Description:

Sample cover art for "Tales of Mystery and Imagination" by Edgar Allan Poe
Features orange ink "Penguin" logo and text "a Penguin Book". The title and author are both printed in orange ink above the cover artwork.
Cover art features a photographic representation of a phrenology skull, superimposed within the phrenology skull is a yellow toned doll's head. The doll has a small white tear extending down from one eye


Object Number: ABDRG2016.332