Frankenstein : The Newly Created Monster Tries to get in Bed with Victor Frankenstein.

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• ARTIST: Lynd Ward

• MEDIUM: Wood engraving,

  DATE: 1934.

• EDITION SIZE: Edition c.25. Image size 6 5/16 x 4" (16 x 10.1 cm).

• DESCRIPTION: The original story of Frankenstein was written by Mary Shelley in 1823. In 1934, Lynd Ward created the first fully illustrated version of the classic story.<br><br> This particular wood engraving is part of the signed edition, printed on tissue, which was not used for the book publication. The wood engravings for the book were all unsigned. <br><br> Excerpt from this segment of the story: [Victor speaking] “I started from my sleep with horror; a cold dew covered my forehead, my teeth chattered, and every limb became convulsed; when, by the dim and yellow light of the moon, as it forced its way through the window-shutters, I beheld the wretch — the miserable monster whom I had created. He held up the curtain of the bed; and his eyes, if eyes they may be called, were fixed on me.”<br><br>

• ADDITIONAL INFO: Signed in pencil.

• CONDITION: Good condition.

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• CATEGORIES: 20th Century Subjects , Literary