The print "King Plague" is based on a story by Edgar Allen Poe, entitled "King Plague, a tale containing an allegory". The story is about two sailors who leave an inn without paying and are thereby pursued by the evil innkeeper. During their flight, they end up in a London neighbourhood where they find themselves in a cellar, where King Plague is presiding over an assembly. The etching is based on Ensor's drawing of the same name, created around 1886-1888 (inv. 2002-D).
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James Ensor
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Edgar Allan Poe
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| Title | King Pest |
| Date | 1895 |
| Period | 19th century |
| Medium and support | etching AAT |
| Signatures, inscriptions, and markings | signature and year bottom left: J. Ensor 95 |
| signatures (names) bottom right: James Ensor | |
| inscription on the reverse: AT | |
| inscription on the reverse: LD100 / 27 / Le Roi Peste | |
| Collection | print room |
| Object type | etching AAT |
| Inventory number | 1998-B-100 |
| Acquisition credit |
purchase
Taevernier, Auguste (coll.) 1998 |
| Current whereabouts | Work currently not on display |
| Permalink | https://mskgent.be/collection/work/data/1998-B-100 |
| IIIF Manifest | https://imagehub.mskgent.be/iiif/3/4061/manifest.json |
| Art & Architecture Thesaurus | 300056485 fantastic art AAT |
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| Keywords Iconclass |
31A235
sitting figure
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31AA235 sitting figure - AA - female human figure Iconclass 41A2 interior of the house Iconclass 41A37 basement, cellar Iconclass 41D221(FEATHERED HAT) head-gear (FEATHERED HAT) Iconclass 43B31 inn, coffee-house, public house, etc. Iconclass 82A names of literary characters Iconclass 82A(DUKE PEST-ILENTIAL) male literary characters (DUKE PEST-ILENTIAL) Iconclass 82A(DUKE TEM-PEST) male literary characters (DUKE TEM-PEST) Iconclass 82A(HUGH TARPAULIN) male literary characters (HUGH TARPAULIN) Iconclass 82A(KING PEST) male literary characters (KING PEST) Iconclass 82A(LEGS) male literary characters (LEGS) Iconclass 82A(TIM HURLYGURLY) male literary characters (TIM HURLYGURLY) Iconclass 82AA(ARCH DUCHESS ANA-PEST) female literary characters (ARCH DUCHESS ANA-PEST) Iconclass 82AA(QUEEN PEST) female literary characters (QUEEN PEST) Iconclass 83(POE, King Pest) (scenes from) specific works of literature (POE, King Pest) Iconclass |
| School / Style |
phantasy
satire (artistic device) AAT |
| James Ensor / Grégoire Le Roy. - [s.l.]. - G. Van Oest & Cie, 1922 |
| Henri Leys, Henri de Braekeleer, James Ensor / Loys Delteil. - Paris : Chez l'Auteur, 1925 (nr. 100) |
| James Ensor : Catalogue illustré de ses gravures ; Leur description critique et l'inventaire des plaques = Geïllustreerde catalogus van zijn gravures ; Hun kritische beschrijving en inventaris van de platen = Illustrated catalogue of his engravings ; Their critical description and inventary of the plates / Auguste Taevernier. - Ledeberg (Gent) : Erasmus Boekhandel bv Amsterdam, 1973 (nr. 100) |
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