They Swarmed upon Me

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A man is strapped to a reclining board, allowing rats to crawl over him as a pendulum hovers above

They swarmed upon me in ever-accumulating heaps.

(P. 260.)

Artist

Name:: Clarke, Harry
Dates:: 1889-1931
Country:: Ireland

Illustration

Subject:: Narratives
Format:: Portrait (taller)
Source:: The Duke University Libraries, The Internet Archive

Book

Title:: Tales of mystery and imagination
Author:: Poe, Edgar Allan
Publisher:: London, New York: Brentano's Publishers, George G. Harrap & Co. Ltd., n.d.
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A man is strapped to a reclining board, allowing rats to crawl all over his body while a pendulum fitted with a blade hovers above him at an angle. This drawing illustrates the story titled “The Pit and the Pendulum.”

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