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The dagger dropped gleaming upon the sable carpet

Edition data

TitleTales of Mystery and Imagination by Edgar Allan Poe. With Illustrations by Harry Clarke

WorkThe Masque of the Red Death

Editing placeNew York

EditorialBrentano’s

Year1923

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Illustration data

TitleThe dagger dropped gleaming upon the sable carpet

IllustratorHarry Clarke

Engraver

Topic/Content
5. The narrator describes the outcome

Technique
Photomechanical

Characters
Courtiers
Dames
Individuals in the crowd
Knights
Multitude
Prince Prospero
Red Death
Revellers
Waltzers

Places
Chambers
Rooms

Objects
Clock
Dagger
Drapery appals
Masks
Minute-hand
Pendulum
Shroud

Others
Corpse
Costumes
Shadow

Location in the book (volume)1

Location in the book (page)f.p. 272

Illustration measurements (in cms)20 x 15,3

Page measurements (in cms)26,5 x 20

Color/B&WBlack and white

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