Satan, Sin and Death (Paradise Lost, Book the 2nd)

Various artists/makers

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A re-issue by Wilkinson of a print first published November 20, 1790. Publication information is printed on a small piece of paper glued under image and within plate mark (covering older text?). The image is based on a chiaroscuro copy by Livesay of a painting by Hogarth then in the collection of Mrs. Garrick, now Tate Britain.

Satan, Sin and Death (Paradise Lost, Book the 2nd), Thomas Rowlandson (British, London 1757–1827 London), Etching, printed in brown ink

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Satan, Sin and Death (Paradise Lost, Book the 2nd), Thomas Rowlandson (British, London 1757–1827 London), Etching, printed in brown ink
Satan, Sin and Death (Paradise Lost, Book the 2nd), Thomas Rowlandson (British, London 1757–1827 London), Etching, printed in brown ink

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