Art, Symbol & Imagination
The Friar beside the Exposed Bodies
A friar stands at the edge of disturbed ground where several bodies are exposed. Bare trees and a dark sky heighten the scene’s threatening atmosphere. The printed caption alleges the murder of Englishmen by Catholics, a claim presented here as part of the book’s sectarian polemic.
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Illustrator not identified. "The Friar beside the Exposed Bodies" [editorial title]. In The Great Red Dragon; or, The Master-Key to Popery, Anthony Gavin. Forty-fifth thousand, 1854, Samuel Jones. Source scan leaf 101. Lumitheca. /gallery/image/gallery-20261108-0224-0095
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Editorial title and description. Source details from the Library catalogue.
The source is a historical anti-Catholic polemic. The illustration records its visual rhetoric and is not evidence that the events occurred as represented.
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Illustrator not identified. The Friar beside the Exposed Bodies. The Great Red Dragon; or, The Master-Key to Popery. Scan leaf 101. Lumitheca. https://lumitheca.com/gallery/image/gallery-20261108-0224-0095