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The Peasant [and] The Knight or Soldier

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The Peasant [and] The Knight or Soldier

ca. 1789
18th century
64 x 50 mm (2.5 x 2 in.)

Thomas Bewick, British (English), (1753–1828)
After Hans Holbein, the younger, German, (1497–1543)

Object Type: print

Medium and Support: Wood engraving on wove paper

Print impression quality: Very good

Series: from The Dance of Death

Edition: From the book published in 1789: “The Dance of Death,” from the Original Designs of Hans Holbein, Illustrated with fifty-two Wood Cuts, Engraved by Thomas and John Bewick, Newcastle, Printed for William Charnley, 1789; the blocks were destroyed soon after publication.

Marks: Watermark: No watermark

Bibliography: Hugo 36.

Credit Line: Purchase funds, 1974

Accession Number: 1974.2.1.4

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allegory, dance*, death, peasants*, soldiers*

allegory
dance - Performing art form realized in rhythmic movement, creating visual designs by a series of poses and tracing of patterns through space in the course of measured units of time. [November 1994 scope note added. February 1993 related term added.]
death
peasants - Use for free people who support themselves by tilling the soil, either as small landholders or hired laborers. For the social class comprised of these people, use "peasantry." For those in a condition of servitude under feudalism, owing services to a lord and commonly attached to the lord's land, use "serfs." [December 1992 descriptor added.]
soldiers - Use generally for those belonging to an army, whether that of a sovereign state, a faction or division within a sovereign state, or of an individual leader. Use also specifically for military personnel of enlisted rank, as distinguished from commissioned officers. For those trained for or engaged in the physical combat of warfare and sanctioned in that function by the society or group for which they fight, irrespective of actual membership in an army, use "warriors." [November 1997 scope note changed; related term added. November 1996 related term deleted, was "knights (landholders)". February 1993 scope note changed; descriptor moved. December 1992 related terms added; alternate term added. November 1990 descriptor added.]

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image Dimensions: 64 x 50 mm (2.5 x 2 in.)

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Thomas Bewick, British (English), (1753–1828) Hans Holbein, the younger, German, (1497–1543) . The Peasant [and] The Knight or Soldier, ca. 1789. From The Dance of Death. Wood engraving on wove paper. image : 64 x 50 mm (2.5 x 2 in.). DAC accession number 1974.2.1.4. Purchase funds, 1974. Open Access Image from the Davison Art Center, Wesleyan University (photo: T. Rodriguez) .

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