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Engraved caricature of a distillery at night, with horned devils, skeletons, barrels and smoke; a sign on a shed reads Deacon Giles's Counting Room, Bibles for Sale.

The distillery of Deacon Giles seen as the work of the Devil. Coloured wood-engraving after G. B. Cheever, ca. 1835.

A black-and-white wood engraving shows a rural distillery at night under a stormy sky, with barrels, billowing smoke and flames. Horned devils and skeletal figures work among the barrels, and a sign on a shed reads Deacon Giles's Counting Room, Bibles for Sale.

Artist
George Barrell Cheever
Date
[1835?]
Medium
Caricatures Wood engravings
Source
Wellcome Collection
Size
4000 × 2593 px
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Public domain · Wellcome Collection marks it Public Domain Mark; made by 1845.
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

Español: La destilería del diácono Giles vista como obra del diablo

Un grabado en madera en blanco y negro muestra una destilería rural de noche bajo un cielo tormentoso, con barriles, humo denso y llamas. Diablos con cuernos y figuras esqueléticas trabajan entre los barriles, y un letrero en un cobertizo dice Oficina de Giles, Biblias en venta.

Português: A destilaria do diácono Giles vista como obra do Diabo

Uma xilogravura em preto e branco mostra uma destilaria rural à noite, sob um céu tempestuoso, com barris, fumaça densa e chamas. Diabos com chifres e figuras esqueléticas trabalham entre os barris, e uma placa em um galpão diz Escritório de Giles, Bíblias à venda.

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