Yet Once More on the Organ Play
Date1861
Artist
Frederick Sandys
(English painter, illustrator, and draftsman, 1829–1904)
Artist
Joseph Swain
(British engraver, 1820–1909)
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)
sheet: 3 3/4 × 5 3/16 in. (9.5 × 13.2 cm)
Credit LineSamuel and Mary R. Bancroft Memorial, 1935
Object number1935-153
On View
Not on viewClassificationsPRINT
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).
