Illustrator record
A. C. Michael
Little is known about illustrator, painter, and etcher Arthur C. Michael (also known as A. C. Michael), who worked in Bedford Park, London, between 1903 and 1916. Michael traveled widely in Europe, documenting a portion of his journeys in An Artist in Spain (1914). While he is predominantly remembered for illustrating Haggard’s books, Michael also contributed to The Illustrated London News, The Graphic, and The Morning Star. Historians are uncertain whether A. C. Michael is the same person as Arthur Michaël, the artist responsible for illustrating at least one issue of the French satirical periodical L'Assiette (No. 20, 15 August 1901).
Further Reading
Appelbaum, Stanley. French Satirical Drawings from L'Assiette Au Beurre. New York: Dover, 1978. xii. Print.
Houfe, Simon. “Michael, A.C. fl. 1903-1916.” The Dictionary of British Book Illustrators and Caricaturists 1800-1914. Woodbridge, Suffolk: Antique Collectors’ Club, 1981. 390. Print.
Michael, Arthur C. An Artist in Spain. London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1914. Print.
158 Illustrations by A. C. Michael
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'Into this stone I am about to draw your spirit, O Macumazana'
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Saduko and Umbelazi were fighting there
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Slowly she lifted her languid arm and threw it about my neck
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'Into this stone I am about to draw your spirit, O Macumazana'
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Slowly she lifted her languid arm and threw it about my neck
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Into this stone I am about to draw your spirit, O Macumazana
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Saduko and Umbelazi were fighting there
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The Ghost Kings
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The high bank was scarce five yards away, and the wall of waters perhaps a score
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The two lions marched backwards and forwards as though they were in a cage, making a kind of whimpering noise as they went
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Rachel
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'We shall soon see who will die,' answered the warrior with a laugh, and he sprang forward
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Noie had knelt down before the body, and with her arms thrown around its neck, was whispering into its ear
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In her hand Rachel held a little rod of white rhinoceros horn, which she used as a riding whip, and with this rod she pointed at the woman
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'She takes counsel with the Heavens, she who is their daughter,' muttered one of the indunas in a low voice
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Dingaan leapt up in his rage and terror.
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He kissed her on the lips
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'If you are a ghost, why have you a shadow?'
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She seemed no more, but a queen of Spirits
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Such a star runs ever before the death of kings
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The captains seized Ishmael by the arm
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The two of them crept to the mouth of the cave
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The Zulu leapt into the air
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The counsellors and captains uttered a shout of rage, and two of the latter seized Ishmael by the arm, lifting their spears to plunge them into him
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He passed his arms about her, drew her to him unresisting, and kissed her on the lips
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'You devils, you have killed her!' gasped Mr. Dove, as lifting the pistol he fired at the Zulu nearest to him, shooting him through the body so that he sank upon the floor dying
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Rachel waited to see the man she loved fall a shattered corpse, when one of the Kaffirs bolder than the rest, struck up the barrels with his kerry
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Again the lightning flared and in it they saw her standing on the crest of the hut
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Then in his torment and despair, of a sudden Ishmael threw himself backwards into the dark gulf beneath. Fifty feet and more he fell to the rocks below, and where he fell, there he lay till he died
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Dingaan leapt up in his rage and terror, and seizing the bowl, hurled it from him
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'Dog!' she cried, “...darest thou speak thus of the Inkosazana?' ... and snatching the spear from Rachel’s hand, she charged at him, holding it aloft
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I took the bowl and held it under my nose.
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Outlined clearly against the sky, I perceived the devilish elephant of my vision
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The doors of the sanctuary were thrown wide and from between them issued— the goddess Isis of the Egyptians
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There came the huge elephant, Jana, at a slow, shambling trot.
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To and fro they swung... straining with all their mighty muscles for dear life
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'Ah! Bougwan, I die'
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Turned and flung his assegai straight into the elephant's face
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'We are men, thou and I'
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'Prepare then to die O strangers!'
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'Stand back, ye dogs!' I shouted
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A dreadful rolling noise of the meeting of shields
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'Great Powers!' he cried, 'it is my brother George!'"
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'Great Powers!' he cried, 'it is my brother George!'
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To and fro they swung... straining with all their mighty muscles for dear life
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'Stand back, ye dogs!' I shouted
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'Prepare then to die O strangers!'
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'Are you the little Allan Quatermain who is coming to learn French with me?' she asked in Dutch
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On up the slope they came in long, wavering lines
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I lifted the pistol, and the bullet that had been meant for Marie’s brain scattered that of the first of them
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'But,' I added slowly, 'if you like, when I am a bit stronger I’ll shoot you a match for her'
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So we gave over love-making and turned our attention to war
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I aimed at the first fellow, holding about eight yards ahead of him to allow for his pace
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'Mynheer Pereira,' he added in a great voice, 'you are a cheat, who have brought disgrace upon us Boers'
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'And I tell you, Marie, what I have told you already, and you too, Allan, that this thing may not be,' answered Marais
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I galloped home down the rock-strewn slope, wishing that the horse would stumble and break my neck
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There, advancing from the doorway of one of the houses... and leading by the hand a mere skeleton of a child... I saw—I saw Marie Marais!
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For a long while he stared at me... Then he said, 'Allemachte! you remind me of someone, young man!'
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'Ah! here you come, Hernan Pereira,' she cried, 'riding on an ox, while better men walk'
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Marie herself appeared within the circle of the camp-fire’s light. I sprang up and ran to her
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'Then it is your last thought, murderer,' I answered, raising my rifle
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Seizing a flaming bough from the fire, that intrepid woman ran at the lion and... thrust the burning end... into its throat
Marie
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It was the king vulture falling from the heavens— dead!
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So we gave over love-making and turned our attention to war
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The last thing I remember was Marie looking at me with her beautiful eyes
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It was the king vulture falling from the heavens— dead!
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I looked up. There advancing... very slowly... I saw Marie Marais!
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I looked up. There, advancing... very slowly... I saw Marie Marais!
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So we gave over love-making and turned our attention to war
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It was the king vulture falling from the heavens— dead!
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The last thing I remember was Marie looking at me with her beautiful eyes
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'Then you will keep her dead, O Dingaan,' I replied, 'for there is more of that magic which slew the vultures.'
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Opening the book, he... began to read, or, rather, to stumble, through the marriage service
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Before I could utter a word a cloth was thrown over my mouth and tied tight behind my head
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The last thing I remember was Marie looking at me with her beautiful eyes, that were full— ah! so full— of tender love
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For a long while they stood thus in silence.
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Grey Dick ran, and the giant Swiss lumbered along after him.
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'Lady' he said, 'you will wonder to see me here after my letter to you.'
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The Vision
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'Lady' he said, 'you will wonder to see me here after my letter to you.'
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Down the slope they went before our rush
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'I drew the Wanderer's sword and sprang at Odin'
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I took her in my arms and kissed her
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Then it was that I came out from behind my curtain
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Down the slope they went before our rush
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'I drew the Wanderer's sword and sprang at Odin'
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I took her in my arms and kissed her
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Then it was that I came out from behind my curtain
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Our eyes met, and I suppose that she saw the wonder and admiration in mine
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The crowd advanced, we standing quite still, looking as dignified as we could I, the tallest, in the middle
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Then she bent down ostensibly to pat Tomm...really, I knew, it was to hide her tears
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The captain came down into the saloon very white and shaken
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The man, shot through the heart, sprang into the air
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I hesitated till I saw Marama lifting the heavy wooden spear
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There suddenly appeared what looked like a gigantic man
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'O Friend-from-the-Sea,' called Marama
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Then the candles burnt up and we saw
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They rushed about battering each other with their fists and wooden weapons
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He started and stepped back, and for a moment seemed a little frightened
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Then she lifted a strange-looking, shallow, metal cup
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We looked and by degrees the vast space of the apse before us became alive with forms
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Still more and more of them came till the cities crumbled away
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'This was your wife,' she said
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I woke up to see him seated by my bed
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The motor-bus burst into fragments and its passengers hurtled through the air
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An officer stood between them with a drawn sword fronting the terrified child
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'But, oh! Humphrey, do not ask too much of the god of my people, Fate'
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As he spoke, the revolver flew out of Bastin's hand
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'I thank thee, God of my people from the beginning,' he cried
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I looked over the edge of this pit and shrank back terrified
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The shutter fell, and from behind it there sprang out a rush of living flame
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'Get you gone, and quickly, before my mood changes,' he said
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We struggled on desperately
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