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A woman is led by a veiled figure through a place with bodies tied to pillars — And, passing on through upright ranks of dead,
Which to the maiden, doubly craz’d by dread,
Seem’d, through the bluish death-light round them cast,
To move their lips in mutterings as she pass’d—

Artist

Name:: Tenniel, John
Dates:: 1820-1914
Country:: UK

Illustration

Subject:: Narratives
Technique:: Wood engraving
Engraver:: Dalziel, the brothers
Format:: Landscape (wider)
Source:: Robarts Library, the Internet Archive

Book

Title:: Lalla Rookh: an Oriental romance
Author(s):: Moore, Thomas
Publisher:: London: Longman, Green, Longman & Roberts, 1861
Open Library:: View record.

Description

A young woman holding a bowl is led by a veiled figure through a place where the bodies of dead people are tied around large pillars.

Keywords: 1860s, 19th century, black & white, death, eerie, Victorian