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Illustration from Pit and Pendulum

The Pit and the Pendulum (1843) story by Edgar Allan Poe (1809-1849) American poet and story writer, creator of the American Gothic story. The prisoner, condemned to death by the Inquisition, lies looking up at the pendulum armed with a scimitar blade which is swinging nearer his heart with each sweep. At the last moment, rats eat through his bonds and free him to undergo the next ordeal. Illustration published London 1882. (Photo by: Universal History Archive/UIG via Getty Images).

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Illustration from Pit and Pendulum

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The Pit and the Pendulum (1843) story by Edgar Allan Poe (1809-1849) American poet and story writer, creator of the American Gothic story. The prisoner, condemned to death by the Inquisition, lies looking up at the pendulum armed with a scimitar blade which is swinging nearer his heart with each sweep. At the last moment, rats eat through his bonds and free him to undergo the next ordeal. Illustration published London 1882. (Photo by: Universal History Archive/UIG via Getty Images)

Category:

UIG HISTORY

Credit:

Album / Universal Images Group / Universal History Images \ UIG

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Image size:

3697 x 5100 px | 53.9 MB

Print size:

31.3 x 43.2 cm | 12.3 x 17.0 in (300 dpi)

Keywords:

1843 • 1882 • 19 CENTURY • 19TH CENTURY • 19TH CENTURY. • 19TH • 19TH-CENTURY • AMERICAN CULTURE • BIZARRE • CITY OF LONDON • CONVICT • COURT OF INQUISITION • DANGER • DAY • EDGAR ALLAN POE • FANTASY • FULL LENGTH • FULL-LENGTH • HISTORICAL CLOTHING • ILLUSTRATION AND PAINTING • ILLUSTRATION TECHNIQUE • INDOORS • INQUISITION • LETTERS • LITERATURA • LITERATURE • LONDON CITY • LONDON • LONDON. • LYING ON BACK • MEDIUM GROUP OF ANIMALS • MENACE • NINETEENTH CENTURY • ONE MAN ONLY • ONE PERSON • PENDULUM • PERIL • PIT AND PENDULUM • PRISONER • PRISONERS • PUNISHMENT • RAT • SUFFERING • THREAT • TIED UP • TIED • UIG HISTORY • VERTICAL LINES • VERTICAL • WRITER • XIX CENTURY