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"The Devill's Webbe"

c. 1838-1839
John Bell (British, 1811–1895)
The lone sculpture in the Etching Club, London, John Bell favored a simple, classical style for his etching and often added lines from his own poetry onto the plate. This print presents four lines from a longer poem written by Bell describing a spider-like devil who greedily entangles the winged lovers of pleasure, gain, and strife.

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