All Resolutions
Oh wretched man that I am! who shall deliver me from the body of this death?
—Rom VII. 24.
Artist
- Name:
- Bennett, Charles Henry, Rogers, William Harry
- Dates:
- 1828-1867; 1825-1873
- Country:
- UK
Illustration
- Subject:
- Ornaments & patterns
- Technique:
- Wood engraving
- Format:
- Portrait (taller)
- Source:
- Library of Congress, the Internet Archive
Book
- Title:
- Quarles' emblems
- Author(s):
- Quarles, Francis
- Publisher:
- London: James Nisbet and Co., 1861
- Open Library:
- View record.
Description
Book the Fifth. Emblem VIII. A skeleton is sitting on a rock, legs crossed, with its head resting on one hand while a child trapped inside its ribcage tries to get out.
For this series of illustrations, the main figurative artwork was carried out by Charles Henry Bennett and the ornamental part by William Harry Rogers.
Keywords: 1860s, 19th century, black & white, border, death, emblem, frame, skull, Victorian
