Art, Symbol & Imagination
The Path of Virtue and the Dark Pit
A dressed woman stands beside an elevated path while a horned figure waits across a deep pit. The labelled routes turn the landscape into the sermon’s allegory of temptation and the path of virtue.
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Illustrator not identified. "The Path of Virtue and the Dark Pit" [editorial title]. In Sermons by the Devil, William Shuler Harris. Minter Company edition, 1904, 1904, The Minter Company. Source scan leaf 127. Lumitheca. /gallery/image/gallery-20261108-0469-0123
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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 Path of Virtue and the Dark Pit. Sermons by the Devil. Scan leaf 127. Lumitheca. https://lumitheca.com/gallery/image/gallery-20261108-0469-0123