Mamon in a Delve

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An armored knight has descended a staircase of large stone blocks to meet an old man hunched over a pile of coins

Guyon findes Mamon in a delve,
Sunning his threasure hore:
Is by him tempted, and led down,
To see his secrete store.

Artist

Name:: Crane, Walter
Dates:: 1845-1915
Country:: UK

Illustration

Subjects:: Narratives, Ornaments & Patterns
Technique:: Wood Engraving
Format:: Portrait (taller)
Source:: Robarts Library, the Internet Archive

Book

Title:: Spenser's Faerie Queene, vol. 2
Author:: Spenser, Edmund
Publisher:: London: George Allen, 1895
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Description:

A knight in armor has descended a staircase of large stone blocks to meet an old man hunched over a pile of coins in his lap. As the coins spill from the old man's grasp and he struggles to hold onto his treasure, a dead, skeletal-looking tree bends threateningly over him.

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