He Gazes on the Silent Dead – Old Book Illustrations

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Subject:: People
Technique:: Wood engraving
Format:: Portrait (taller)
Source:: Robarts Library, the Internet Archive
Observations:: Book illustrated, engraved, and printed under the supervision of George T. Andrew

A young knight in sixteenth-century attire stands on the edge of a wood holding his sword as corpses lie around him.

A list of the artists who contributed to the book is given in the opening pages. It includes Charles Copeland, Harry Fenn, W. J. Fenn, Edmund H. Garrett, W. St. John Harper, H. Winthrop Pierce, and J. D. Woodward.