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Division A.—Single Woodcuts.

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is seen the wattled fence of the garden. To 1. of Christ St. Peter is
drawing his sword from its scabhard, while the servant of the high-priest,
who is of diminutive stature, stoops over a lantein in the 1. lower corner.
There are rudiments of hatching in St. Peter’s drapery.

[82 x 62,]

(10.) Christ before Pilate.

Christ stands 1. with hands crossed before him, wearing a long robe.
Two soldiers in armour stand behind him, one of whom holds his 1. arm.
Pilate sits r. on a throne with a square seat and projecting base, having
a canopy with mimic battlements and turrets over his head. He wears a
hat with a conical peak bent forward, and a coat reaching below the
knee, with a short cape over the shoulders. He raises his r. hand as he
speaks to Christ, and holds a sceptre in his 1. hand. There is no
hatching.

[82 x 63.]

(11.) The Flagellation.

Christ stands in the centre on the base of the colurnn, with body and
head directed to the r. His hands are behind his back. A cord passes
round his legs just below the knee. He wears only the loin-cloth. The
gaoler to 1. holds a scourge with three lashes raised in his 1. hand. He
wears a short doublet, with a belt of metal round the hips, tight hose and
pointed shoes. His fellow to r. holds a rod in both hands, with which he
is about to strike our Lorcl from below. He wears a doublet of a different
cut, with ornamental frills at the bottom. The floor is chequered. The
back of the print represents a blank wall, which is closed at the top by a
rouncl arch, with triangles cut in the spandrels. There is no hatching.

[81 x 62.]

(12.) Christ being Crowned witli Tliorns.

Christ sits in the centre on a low throne with a wide base, with hands
crossed on his bosom, wearing the purple robe. Two men, dressed in
plain doublets and hose, with belts at the waist, stand on either side of
him, holding the ends of two crossed rods, with which they are twisting
the crown of thorns. The background represents a blank wall, closed at
the top by a round arch, with triangles cut in the spandrels. The floor is
chequered. There are rudiments of hatching along a fold of the tunic
worn by the gaoler on the r.

[82 x 62.]

(13.) Cilrist Bearing the Cross.

Christ, wearing the crown of thorns and purple robe, walks towards
the r., bending under the weight of the cross, which he carries over his 1.
shoulder, and looking back over his r. shoulder at Simon of Cyrene, a man
of dwarfish stature, who carries the stem of the cross in both hands. The
Yirgin, with foldecl hands, and St. John, walk behind our Lord. Before
him are two soldiers in armour, who turn back to urge him on, while one,
who holds the rope round his waist, is striking him with a short stick.
There is no hatching.

[83 x 61 (cut).]
 
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