Depicts Orpheus being pushed out of Hades by a demon, though an arch composed of grotesque creatures. Orpheus is shown as an elderly fiddler with a wooden leg, while his counterpart, an elderly unpleasant-looking woman, is led by another demon in the opposite direction. Pluto and Proserpine are seated on thrones in the background laughing at the scene
Alternative Title:
Orpheus and Eurydice
Description:
Title etched below image. and Sheet trimmed within plate mark.
Publisher:
Pubd. as the act directs Jany. 16, 1784, by H. Humphrey, No. 51 New Bond Street
Subject (Name):
Orpheus (Greek mythological character) and Eurydice (Greek mythological character)
Subject (Topic):
Couples, Peg legs, Thrones, Monsters, Demons, and Myths
