The Death of the Good Old Man (Plate V). The shrouded body of a bearded old man lies on a bed with the Bible in his hand, surrounded by young women praying. His soul supported by angels flies out the window above bread and wine on the sill. Copperplate engraving by Louis Schiavonetti after an original drawing by William Blake from Robert Blair’s The Grave, T. Bensley for Rudolph Ackermann, 1813.

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