The flashing sword

p 6, line, Roberts, 59 x 104 mm

Signature, 'William Roberts', brc, and handwritten title, 'Flashing Sword', top left of centre. Figures, male and female, embroiled in a confused fight, one male raising a curved sword to strike.

p 101 [tr ed p 122] - 'I thought of the meaning of Feisal's name (the sword flashing downward in the stroke)...'

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