Swings in Air

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Zoom in — Now climb who dare where he swings in air,
And pluck me five locks of the dead man’s hair!

Artist

Name:: Rackham, Arthur
Dates:: 1867-1939
Country:: UK

Illustration

Subject:: Narratives
Format:: Landscape (wider)
Source:: California Digital Library, the Internet Archive

Book

Title:: The Ingoldsby legends (Rackham)
Author:: Ingoldsby, Thomas (Richard Harris Barham)
Publisher:: London, New York: E. P. Dutton & Co., J. M. Dent & Co., 1907
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Description:

A man hanged on the gallows is silhouetted against a cloudy, smoky sky as three people stand on the stretch of grass beneath him.

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{{cite web | title=Swings in Air | url=https://www.oldbookillustrations.com/illustrations/swings-air/ | author=Rackham, Arthur | year=1907 | access-date=April 22, 2025 | publisher=Old Book Illustrations}}