"Sin interposes herself between Satan on the left and his son Death on the right to stop them attacking each other, revealing their relation to each other, with a portcullis gate in upper right, attached by a chain in the foreground; copy of a print by Charles Townley after a design by Hogarth."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Text following title: From Milton's Paradise lost, Book the 2d. The original picture by Hogarth is in the possession of Mrs. Garrick. This from a painting in Chiaro-Scuro by R. Livesay., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., On page 203 in volume 3., and Inscribed in plate under title: From Milton's Paradise Lost, Bok the 2d. The original picture by Hogarth is in the possession of Mrs. Garrick. This from a painting in chiaro scuro by R. Livesay. Note: plate mark visible at bottom.