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Watercolour of a horned devil struggling with a monk over a shrouded body beneath a white statue in a stone arch, with a skull and fire below.

A monk and a statue of Saint Patrick trying to prevent the devil from snatching the corpse of a witch from its grave. Watercolour by E. Bell, 1804.

A watercolour framed under a cartouche reading 'A Tale of Wonder' shows a horned devil grappling with a grey-robed monk over a shrouded body, while a white statue in a stone niche looks on. A skull lies on the stone floor, and a fire glows at lower left in an arched, vaulted interior.

Artist
Bell, Edward, 1768-1847.
Date
1804
Medium
Watercolors
Source
Wellcome Collection
Size
2872 × 4000 px
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Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Wellcome Collection. Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)

Español: Un cuento maravilloso: diablo, monje y estatua en un cementerio

Una acuarela enmarcada bajo un cartucho con la leyenda 'A Tale of Wonder' muestra a un diablo con cuernos forcejeando con un monje de hábito gris sobre un cuerpo envuelto en un sudario. Una estatua blanca en un nicho de piedra observa la escena, mientras un cráneo yace en el suelo y un fuego arde a la izquierda.

Português: Um conto maravilhoso: diabo, monge e estátua em um cemitério

Uma aquarela emoldurada sob um cartucho com a inscrição 'A Tale of Wonder' mostra um diabo de chifres lutando com um monge de hábito cinzento sobre um corpo envolto em mortalha. Uma estátua branca em um nicho de pedra observa a cena, enquanto um crânio jaz no chão e um fogo arde à esquerda.

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