"Despair, an old man, sits in ragged clothing on the ground with instruments of suicide at his left hand, the corpse of Sir Terwin beside him and a skeleton on the rocks behind; to the left the Red Cross Knight holds a dagger to his own neck as Una rushes to stop him, a donkey beside her; after West (Staley 220)."--British Museum online catalogue, description of an earlier state
Description:
Title from text below image. and For an earlier state with scratched lettering, see British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 1838,0425.63. See also: Whitman, A. British mezzotinters: Valentine Green, 190.
Publisher:
Published June 1st, 1775, by John Boydell Engraver, Cheapside, London
