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Charon's Boat, print, book illustration, Arrival of Charon's boat in the underworld. Illustration for the Rhyming Poem to the Tenants on p. 26, part of: The Grieving Tenant by Jan Weetal about the Tenant Uprising in 1748., printmaker, publisher, Harderwijk, Northern Netherlands, paper, etching, engraving, letterpress printing, engraving and book printing, height 69 mm x width 85 mm, height 210 mm x width 160 mm, Charon, the ferryman, Tenant Uprising (1747-1750), Amsterdam, Period, 1748, A rectangular framed engraving near the top center depicts a scene with a small boat in the foreground carrying robed figures and a standing oarsman holding a pole, waves shown beneath the boat, to the right a rocky shore where three seated crowned figures draped in robes face the boat, behind them rising rock formations and shadowed textures, above and behind the boat swirling flame-like shapes and winged cherub-like figures in motion, the engraving is surrounded by a blank margin and sits above a larger area of printed text that fills the lower portion of the page.

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Charon's Boat print book illustration Arrival Charon's boat underworld Illustration Rhyming Poem Tenants p 26 part of Grieving Tenant Jan Weetal Tenant Uprising 1748 printmaker publisher Harderwijk Northern Netherlands paper etching engraving letterpress printing book printing height 69 mm x width 85 mm height 210 mm x 160 mm Charon ferryman 1747-1750 Amsterdam Period rectangular framed near top center depicts scene small boat foreground carrying robed figures standing oarsman holding pole waves shown beneath boat right rocky shore three seated crowned figures draped robes face them rising rock formations shadowed textures swirling flame- shapes winged cherub- figures motion surrounded blank margin sits larger area printed text fills lower portion page