Yet Once More on the Organ Play

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Yet Once More on the Organ Play
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Yet Once More on the Organ Play

Date1861
Illustration Citation"From the German of Uhland," by Julia Goddard, in Once a Week, vol. IV, p. 350.
MediumWood engraving
Dimensionscomposition: 3 9/16 × 4 15/16 in. (9 × 12.5 cm)
sheet: 3 3/4 × 5 3/16 in. (9.5 × 13.2 cm)
Credit LineSamuel and Mary R. Bancroft Memorial, 1935
Object number1935-153
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Label TextDeath, the subject of this illustration to a German ballad, is lugubriously depicted as an organist rises from his instrument and turns to look at the recently expired body of a man lying nearby. The figure of Death is depicted as a skeleton, who is working the bellows of the organ. The medieval character of Sandys’ wood engravings is based on his appreciation and study of the work of Albrecht Dürer (1471–1528).
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