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Watercolour of a horned devil struggling with a monk over a shrouded body beneath a white statue in a stone arch, with a skull and fire below.

A Tale of Wonder: devil, monk and statue in a churchyard

A watercolour framed under a cartouche reading 'A Tale of Wonder' shows a horned devil grappling with a grey-robed monk over a shrouded body, while a white statue in a stone niche looks on. A skull lies on the stone floor, and a fire glows at lower left in an arched, vaulted interior.

Artist
Bell, Edward, 1768-1847.
Date
1804
Medium
Watercolors
Source
Wellcome Collection
Size
2872 × 4000 px
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Public domain · Licensed CC BY 4.0 (Wellcome Collection) by Wellcome Collection; credit required.
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Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Wellcome Collection. Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)

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