Item 62 - Satan, Sin and Death by James Barry

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RSA/PR/AR/116/21/62

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Satan, Sin and Death by James Barry

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  • c1792-5 (Creation)

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1 print

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57cm x 41cm. Etching (black ink)

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Print of Satan, Sin and Death by James Barry. Barry produced 9 versions of this print which depicts Satan, who is seeking the Gates of Hell, opposed by its Guardian Death (who is actually Satan's son by Sin). Sin is intervening and holding them apart.

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      see William Pressly 'James Barry the Artist as Hero', The Tate Gallery 1983, p108-9, 129-130

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      Creator Claire.Batley 03/12/2007

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