
Fig.1a: Stephen Gooden in the late 1940s. |

Fig.1b: Stephen Gooden in a brief obituary of 1955. |

Fig.2a: The Rubaiyat - frontispiece and title page. |

Fig.2b: The Rubaiyat - headpiece to quatrain 1. |

Fig.2c: The Rubaiyat - death in sleep. |

Fig.2d: The Rubaiyat - sudden death. |

Fig.2e: The Rubaiyat - death lurks, waiting. |

Fig.2f: The Rubaiyat - tailpiece to quatrain 75. |

Fig.2g: The Rubaiyat - the boat Meum et Tuum. |

Fig.3a: Holbein - The Abbess. |

Fig.3b: Durer - Death and the Lovers. |

Fig.3c: Dagley - The Serenade. |

Fig.4a: Anacreon - title page. |

Fig.4b: Anacreon - headpiece to ode 1. |

Fig.4c: Anacreon - tailpiece to ode 52. |

Fig.4d: Anacreon - illustration for ode 3. |

Fig.4e: Anacreon - illustration for ode 26. |

Fig.4f: Anacreon - illustration for ode 32. |

Fig.4g: Anacreon - illustration for ode 48. |

Fig.5a: The Apocrypha - title page. |

Fig.5b: The Apocrypha - headpiece of the opening page. |

Fig.5c: The Apocrypha - tailpiece of the closing page. |

Fig.6a: The Bible - title page of volume 1. |

Fig.6b: The Bible - tailpiece of volume 4 (The Whore of Babylon.) |

Fig.7: Songs of the Gardens - title page vignette. |

Fig.8: Ulick and Soracha - frontispiece. |

Fig.9a: Pindar's Pythian Odes - headpiece. |

Fig.9b: Pindar's Pythian Odes - tailpiece. |

Fig.10a: The Latin Portrait - headpiece. |

Fig.10b: The Latin Portrait - tailpiece. |

Fig.11a: Peronnick the Fool - headpiece to chapter 3. |

Fig.11b: Peronnick the Fool - Peronnick and Sir Gilles. |

Fig.12a: The Brook Kerith - Christ delivers the parable of the fruit tree. |

Fig.12b: The Brook Kerith - Joseph of Arimathea removes Christ from the tomb. |

Fig.12c: The Brook Kerith - the meeting of Paul and Jesus at Kerith. |

Fig.13a: The Fables of La Fontaine - Death and the Woodman. |

Fig.13b: The Fables of La Fontaine - The Swan and the Cook. |

Fig.13c: The Fables of La Fontaine - The Acorn and the Pumpkin. |

Fig.13d: The Fables of La Fontaine - The Fishes and the Flute Player. |

Fig.14a: Aesop's Fables - A Cat and a Cock. |

Fig.14b: Aesop's Fables - A City Mouse and a Country Mouse. |

Fig.14c: Aesop's Fables - A Smith and his Dog. |

Fig.14d: Aesop's Fables - An Ape and a Dolphin. |

Fig.15a: The Gift of the Magi - Della sells her hair. |

Fig.15b: The Gift of the Magi - Della and Jim embrace. |

Fig.16a: The Revelation of St. John the Divine - St. John at Patmos. |

Fig.16b: The Revelation of St. John the Divine - three horsemen of the Apocalypse. |

Fig.16c: The Revelation of St. John the Divine - the fourth horseman of the Apocalypse. |

Fig.17: The Trumpeter of St. George - frontispiece. |

Fig.18: Poems from the Desert - frontispiece. |

Fig.19: The Legion Book - frontispiece. |

Fig.20: The Poet's Cat - frontispiece. |

Fig.21a: Dagley - Death as a Gamester. |

Fig.21b: Rethel - Death Dance II. |

Fig.21c: Kubin - Death and the Rich Man. |

Fig.21d: Nagel - Death as a Night Watchman. |

Fig.21e: Smith - Death intoxicated. |

Fig.21f: Sullivan - The Path of Glory. |

Fig.21g: Sullivan - The Rubaiyat, illustration for quatrain 22. |

Fig.22: Vigils - title page. |

Fig.23: Copper plate engraving - a slow process. |