Art, Symbol & Imagination
The Angel and the Devil on the Bridge
Three figures stand on a narrow bridge platform above dark water. The original caption describes an angel intervening against the Devil’s temptation to self-destruction in the book’s religious allegory.
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Illustrator not identified. "The Angel and the Devil on the Bridge" [editorial title]. In Sermons by the Devil, William Shuler Harris. Minter Company edition, 1904, 1904, The Minter Company. Source scan leaf 29. Lumitheca. /gallery/image/gallery-20261108-0469-0025
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Editorial title and description. Source details from the Library catalogue.
An illustration of religious polemic or allegory in the historical source, rather than evidence that the depicted scene occurred.
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Illustrator not identified. The Angel and the Devil on the Bridge. Sermons by the Devil. Scan leaf 29. Lumitheca. https://lumitheca.com/gallery/image/gallery-20261108-0469-0025