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Orpheus and Eurydice (BM 1851,0901.165)
Summary
A companion print to BMSat 6732. Orpheus (right), an elderly fiddler with a wooden leg, is being pushed out of Hades by a demon, while another clutches Eurydice, a shrewish-looking woman, round the waist, dragging her in the opposite direction. At the feet of Orpheus is an open music-book with the words 'If ere that Cruel Tyrant Love'; his bow is under the demon's foot. He passes under a rocky arch in front of which monstrous creatures writhe and point.
In the background are Pluto and Proserpine seated on a throne laughing at the separation. Attendant demons stand round the throne; behind (right) are small figures undergoing various torments: Ixion on the wheel; Sisyphus rolling his stone up a mountain; Tantalus standing in a stream; Prometheus on a mountain attacked by the eagle. Skulls and bones lie in the foreground (left). 16 January 1784
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