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Luigi Schiavonetti
1765-1810
La caverna / drawn by W. Blake ; etched by L. Schiavonetti.
Londres : Pub por R: Ackerman , 1826
Gift of Mr. Herman Cohen.
1980.79:5
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Londres : Pub. por R: Ackerman ..., 1826
Provenance:
Herman Cohen, Sandy Hook, Conn.
Notes:
Engraving by L. Schiavonetti after Blake from José Joaquín de Mora's Meditaciones Poéticas (Londres : Lo publica R. Ackermann, 1826); the plate originally created to illustrate R.H. Cromek's edition of Robert Blair's "The grave" in 1808, in which it was titled "The soul exploring the recesses of the grave".
Summary:
Print shows a a rock archway through it can be seen a corpse stretched out on the ground, enshrouded in flames; in the foreground a young man walks through the arch, carrying a candle; above, a young man stands on top of the arch, almost nude, looking below; his legs straddle a crescent moon; a mountainous landscape, with a church spire and other buildings, is in the background.
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