A treatise on wood engravings : historical and practical (1881)
Chatto, William Andrew, 1799-1864, Jackson, John, 1801-1848, Bohn, Henry G. (Henry George), 1796-1884 · New York : J. W. Bouton · leaf 274
e steps. Tlie artists mark is at thebottom of the cut. IN THE TIME OF ALBEET DUEER. 240 The subject of the cut on page 250, from Christs Passion, representsthe descent into hell and the liberation of the ancestors. The massivegates of the abode of sin and death have been burst open, and the… … tire symbol of his fall, and with his left supports a cross, the emblem ofhis redemption. Inthe front is Christ aiding others of the ancestors toascend from the pit, to the great dismay of the demons whose realm isinvaded. A horrid monster, with a head like that of a boar surmountedwith a horn,…
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