From London to the Orkney laboratory

1 Grey London under winter coal smoke, seen from the Thames: wharves, masts and St. Paul's

2 Victor stands apart at the grey window of a London philosopher's study.

3 A trembling hand hangs over the first wrapped materials for the new creation

4 At Oxford, Victor rests his hand on a lightning-split willow above the Isis

5 At Hampden's tomb, Victor briefly straightens toward a shaft of sun through the clouds

6 On a lakeside path in Cumberland, Clerval walks on cheerfully toward the bright water.

7 In a parlour in Perth, Clerval reaches out to Victor and asks him to come back soon

8 Victor's chosen Orkney island: a bare rock ringed by surf in miles of cold grey sea

9 In the Orkney hut, Victor keeps his hands on the covered form and turns away in disgust

10 Alone in his stone laboratory on the Orkney rock, Victor sits bowed beside the covered work.

11 Late at night on Orkney, Victor bends over the shrouded form of his second creation

12 At night in the Orkney hut, Victor bends over his half-finished work.