The Devil Tortures a Man Over a Fire and Astronomer with Telescope, The Small Print Shop, Small collection of prints, print, album page, Page with two separate illustrations. This print is part of an album., printmaker: Eugène Hippolyte Forest, printmaker: Frédéric Bouchot, publisher: Aubert & Cie., Paris, 1834, paper, wood engraving, height 141 mm x width 232 mm, telescope, devil or demons attacking mortals, astronomy (and cosmography), A pen-and-ink illustration divided into two scenes shows a thin, horned, imp-like figure standing with one hand on its hip and the other holding a long stick under a limp human cloak suspended from a low tree branch, while a seated man with a round, worried face and a heavy coat sits on a cushion over a shallow pan above a small fire; to the right, a woman leans over a wooden workbench, peering through a long telescope angled out a window toward a star, with various tools and objects on the bench and a large sword propped against the workbench side.
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The Devil Tortures a Man Over a Fire and Astronomer with Telescope, The Small Print Shop, Small collection of prints, print, album page, Page with two separate illustrations. This print is part of an album., printmaker: Eugène Hippolyte Forest, printmaker: Frédéric Bouchot, publisher: Aubert & Cie., Paris, 1834, paper, wood engraving, height 141 mm x width 232 mm, telescope, devil or demons attacking mortals, astronomy (and cosmography), A pen-and-ink illustration divided into two scenes shows a thin, horned, imp-like figure standing with one hand on its hip and the other holding a long stick under a limp human cloak suspended from a low tree branch, while a seated man with a round, worried face and a heavy coat sits on a cushion over a shallow pan above a small fire; to the right, a woman leans over a wooden workbench, peering through a long telescope angled out a window toward a star, with various tools and objects on the bench and a large sword propped against the workbench side.

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Devil Tortures Man Fire Astronomer Telescope Small Print Shop Small collection prints print album page Page two separate illustrations part album printmaker Eugène Hippolyte Forest Frédéric Bouchot publisher Aubert & Cie Paris 1834 paper wood engraving height 141 mm x width 232 mm telescope devil demons attacking mortals astronomy cosmography pen- -ink illustration divided two scenes thin horned imp- figure standing hand hip holding long stick under limp human cloak suspended low tree branch seated man round worried face heavy coat sits cushion shallow pan small fire right woman leans wooden workbench peering long telescope angled window star various tools objects bench large sword propped workbench side

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