The Hand and the Cloak

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As men play cards or smoke in the main room of an inn, one of them is lifted up in the air by a mysterious hand

The hand and the cloak.

Artist

Name:: Browne, Hablot Knight (alias Phiz)
Dates:: 1815-1882
Country:: UK

Illustration

Subject:: Narratives
Technique:: Etching
Format:: Portrait (taller)
Source:: Robarts Library, the Internet Archive

Book

Title:: Auriol; or, The elixir of life
Author:: Ainsworth, William Harrison
Publisher:: London: G. J. Howell and Company, n.d.
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As men play cards or smoke in the main room of an inn, one of them is lifted into the air, still clutching his glass, by a mysterious hand emerging from a piece of black drapery.

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