The Pit and the Pendulum

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Rats swarm on a man tied down to a plank as an ax-like blade swings over his head

The pit and the pendulum.
They swarmed upon me in ever-accumulating heaps.

Artist

Name:: Shaw, Byam
Dates:: 1872-1919
Country:: UK

Illustration

Subject:: Narratives
Technique:: Color Process
Format:: Portrait (taller)
Source:: University of California Libraries, the Internet Archive

Book

Title:: Selected tales of mystery
Author:: Poe, Edgar Allan
Publisher:: London: Sidgwick & Jackson, Ltd., 1909
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A man is strapped down to a plank on the floor as countless rats come swarming on him and a sharp ax-like blade swings over his head.

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