Saint Leonard an ancient legend, written, composed, and dedicated to the Ladies of Hastings by Captain Wilson / [graphic]
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Heading to a title page for a poem or musical composition. A winged devil looms above and behind a group of sixteen half-length figures wearing hooded cloaks, his arms outstretched and lifting up the cloaks of the figures in the back. All sixteen hold masks next to or in front of their faces, and several sip from bottles or glasses. A seventeenth figure in the front of the group (Saint Leonard?), depicted slightly larger and wearing a hooded cloak and a cross beneath his chin, holds a flask in one hand and a dagger in the other. A cherub is seen above and to the left of the group, flying away