Tales of Wonder!

Minneapolis Institute of Art

Tales of Wonder!

James Gillray; Publisher: Mrs. Hannah HumphreyLinkedCulture matchlcp-bd9e9feb6e70

Date
February 1, 1802
Medium
Hand-colored etching and engraving with aquatint
Department
European Art
Institution
Minneapolis Institute of Art
Object ID
75860

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This image mocks the Romantic era's fixation with horror, melodrama, and the sublime. The print was dedicated to Matthew Gregory Lewis, author of the popular novel The Monk, published in 1796. A group of women are shown listening in terror as their companion reads aloud this gothic tale about the downfall of a pious monk who raped and murdered women and ultimately sold his soul to the devil. The room is decorated with its own frightful embellishments; a dragon, Gorgon's head and small skeleton intertwined in a snake adorn the chimneypiece, and a violent painting resembling The Rape of the Sabines hangs on the wall. England, Europe

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The Minnich Collection The Ethel Morrison Van Derlip Fund, 1966

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