Europe- a Prophecy (BM 1859,0625.77)

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Europe- a Prophecy (BM 1859,0625.77)

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Copy D, plate 9: known as "Plague"; 4 figures before a wall in which a door is inscribed "Lord have mercy on us" and marked with a cross; a male figure, with hat and uniform, facing left carrying a bell; a gowned female kneeling on the right with her hands raised desperately upwards; seated on the left a gowned male and female figure. 1794
Colour relief etching and white-line etching in dark green, black and blue; with added hand colouring.
Verso: Copy D, plate 10; a gowned bearded male facing left, his arms and hands raised before him as though in terror; a younger gowned female kneeling before him, clasping his legs; above, 12 lines of verse beginning "Arise O Rintrah". 1794

Colour relief etching and white-line etching in black, green and orange-brown; with added hand colouring.

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1794
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British Museum
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