The Descent of Man into the Vale of Death

The Descent of Man into the Vale of Death (Plate II). Men and women, old and young, mothers with babes, infirm and healthy, walk, run, crawl and hobble down a path into a cave. Copperplate engraving by Louis Schiavonetti after an original drawing by William Blake from Robert Blair's The Grave, T. Bensley for Rudolph Ackermann, 1813

1808 Book Illustration Crawl Healthy Hobble Infirm Louis Schiavonetti Luigi Schiavonetti Mortality Mystic Rudolph Ackermann Shroud T. Bensley The Grave Visionary William Blake

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