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THE DORg GALLERY.
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PLATE CCXLVIII.
LAZARUS AT THE RICH MAN’S HOUSE.
The story of Dives and Lazarus is illustrated in this plate, at the point where Lazarus
desires to be fed with the crumbs which fall from the rich man’s table (Luke xvi. 19—21).
“ There was a certain rich man, which was clothed in purple and fine linen, and fared
sumptuously every day. And there was a certain beggar named Lazarus, which was laid
at his gate, full of sores, and desiring to be fed with the crumbs which fell from the rich
man’s table : moreover, the dogs came and licked his sores.” At the top of a flight of
steps, in a magnificent saloon divided by pillars of Oriental architecture, sits Dives,
splendidly arrayed, and surrounded by parasites and flaunting women, who raise their
chalices of wine in honour of the great man. A female servant, descending the steps
with a steaming vessel on her head, casts a cold, unsympathetic glance on the wretched
mendicant lying at the bottom, with upturned face of beseeching misery. A black slave,
with an amphora, or wine-jar, on his shoulder, sternly motions Lazarus to depart; while
another attendant threatens him with a rod and his clenched fist. Insolent wealth and
helpless poverty are most powerfully and pathetically contrasted in this admirable picture.
PLATE CCXLIX.
SANG HO AND THE DUCHESS.
Having made the acquaintance of a great duchess, Don Quixote (Part II., Chapter 33)
stays some time at her house, with Sancho; and one afternoon, while the knight is
asleep, his squire, at the request of the duchess, relates the history of the pretended
enchantment of Dulcinea. “ Sancho slept not a wink all that afternoon, but waited on
the duchess as he had promised. ■ Being mightily taken with his comical discourse, she
ordered him to take a low chair, and sit by her; but Sancho, who knew better things,
absolutely declined it, till she pressed him again to sit as he was a governor, and speak
as he was a squire ; in both which capacities he deserved the very seat of Cid Ruy Diaz,
the famous champion. Sancho shrugged up his shoulders, and obeyed ; and all the
duchess’s women standing round about her to give her silent attention, she began the
conference.”
In the plate we have a beautiful study of an old-fashioned Spanish interior, with
groups of picturesquely dressed women. The squat, energetic figure of Sancho is also
excellent.
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PLATE CCXLVIII.
LAZARUS AT THE RICH MAN’S HOUSE.
The story of Dives and Lazarus is illustrated in this plate, at the point where Lazarus
desires to be fed with the crumbs which fall from the rich man’s table (Luke xvi. 19—21).
“ There was a certain rich man, which was clothed in purple and fine linen, and fared
sumptuously every day. And there was a certain beggar named Lazarus, which was laid
at his gate, full of sores, and desiring to be fed with the crumbs which fell from the rich
man’s table : moreover, the dogs came and licked his sores.” At the top of a flight of
steps, in a magnificent saloon divided by pillars of Oriental architecture, sits Dives,
splendidly arrayed, and surrounded by parasites and flaunting women, who raise their
chalices of wine in honour of the great man. A female servant, descending the steps
with a steaming vessel on her head, casts a cold, unsympathetic glance on the wretched
mendicant lying at the bottom, with upturned face of beseeching misery. A black slave,
with an amphora, or wine-jar, on his shoulder, sternly motions Lazarus to depart; while
another attendant threatens him with a rod and his clenched fist. Insolent wealth and
helpless poverty are most powerfully and pathetically contrasted in this admirable picture.
PLATE CCXLIX.
SANG HO AND THE DUCHESS.
Having made the acquaintance of a great duchess, Don Quixote (Part II., Chapter 33)
stays some time at her house, with Sancho; and one afternoon, while the knight is
asleep, his squire, at the request of the duchess, relates the history of the pretended
enchantment of Dulcinea. “ Sancho slept not a wink all that afternoon, but waited on
the duchess as he had promised. ■ Being mightily taken with his comical discourse, she
ordered him to take a low chair, and sit by her; but Sancho, who knew better things,
absolutely declined it, till she pressed him again to sit as he was a governor, and speak
as he was a squire ; in both which capacities he deserved the very seat of Cid Ruy Diaz,
the famous champion. Sancho shrugged up his shoulders, and obeyed ; and all the
duchess’s women standing round about her to give her silent attention, she began the
conference.”
In the plate we have a beautiful study of an old-fashioned Spanish interior, with
groups of picturesquely dressed women. The squat, energetic figure of Sancho is also
excellent.