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"Good God! What is this?"
"A corpse."
(Facing p. 32.)
Artist
- Name:
- Masutti, Antonio
- Dates:
- 1813-1895
- Country:
- Italy
Illustration
- Subject:
- Narratives
- Technique:
- Metal engraving
- Format:
- Landscape (wider)
- Source:
- Robarts Library, The Internet Archive
Book
- Title:
- I misteri di Roma contemporanea, vol. 1
- Author(s):
- G. S. (Bernardo del Vecchio)
- Publisher:
- Turin: Augusto F. Negro, 1861
- Open Library:
- View record
Description
Two men standing in a street stare down at a naked dead body released from a fallen coffin as a boy comes running toward them and a hearse can be seen in the distance, standing out against the silhouette of the Colosseum.
The caption reads in the original Italian: — Buon-Dio ! Questo che cos’è — Un cadavere.
Keywords: 1860s, 19th century, black & white, death, eerie, Italy, male, running, street
