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Wood engraving of a crowned woman riding a spotted, spiked beast above fallen bodies, with a hanging figure at left and onlookers at right.

Allegorical Monster: Alleged Harm by the Roman Catholic Church

A black-and-white wood engraving on a magazine page shows a crowned woman seated on a spotted, many-headed beast with spiked horns, surrounded by fallen figures on the ground. On the left, a figure hangs upside down from a beam while another stands on a cliff, and onlookers watch at right.

Artist
Unknown
Date
October 1836
Medium
Allegorical prints Wood engravings
Source
Wellcome Collection
Size
4000 × 2260 px
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Public domain · Wellcome Collection marks it Public Domain Mark; made by 1836.
Rights checked 2026-11-05 · tier A · as stated by the source: Public Domain Mark (Wellcome Collection)

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Wellcome Collection

Rome and Ancient Greece19th century1830sprintreligious satirewood engravingallegorical printmonsterscrowned womanfallen bodiesbeastblack and white

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