Plan your visit. 225 Madison Avenue at 36th Street, New York, NY 10016.

Plan your visit. 225 Madison Avenue at 36th Street, New York, NY 10016.

"As Stout be mercifull good father"

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"As Stout be mercifull good father"

[15--]-[16--]
engraving
image: 4 9/16 x 2 31/32 in. (115 x 76 mm.); secondary support: 5 15/32 x 3 7/8 in.
Peel 0020
Notes
Watermark: unknown.
Provenance

Formerly owned by Sir Robert Peel.

Summary

Clergymen in black, in a plainly decorated church, with an altar, crucifix and two candles, beat what appear to be a devil and a possessed man. To the right, two friars enter, dressed in lighter robes than the priests. One, who holds a rosary, raises his hand, perhaps as if to stop the beating. The words used for the title are spoken by the devil who is being beaten.

Associated names
Peel, Robert, 1788-1850, former owner.
Classification
Department
Century prints