Priest with halo and ghostly veiled figure beside a sick boy's bed – Historic Print
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A window into the past: Priest with halo and ghostly veiled figure beside a sick boy's bed, preserved in this historic image. It comes from the Snapshots of the Past collection, curated over 25 years for its historical value.
Framed, it is ready for the wall; unframed, it is ready for the frame you choose. Perfect for a home, office, library or classroom wall, and a gift with a story behind it. Free shipping in the lower 48 states. Snapshots of the Past has been bringing history to the wall since 2001, for tens of thousands of customers worldwide.
Priest with halo and ghostly veiled figure beside a sick boy's bed
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A priest with a halo stands at a sick boy's bedside, while a veiled, ghostly figure hovers close by, so the scene turns a sickroom into a meeting point between the living and the spiritual. Deathbed scenes of this kind were popular in nineteenth-century devotional and sentimental art, where a priest's visit often signaled last rites and the hope of consolation. Halos and veiled spirits were common visual shorthand for holiness and the presence of the dead or of angels. Looking closely at the boy, the bed, and the figure's pale, indistinct form shows how the image balances grief with faith.
| Original scan | 1,164 × 1,686 px · prints to 4 × 6 in at 300 dpi |
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| Reference | 3b49700_ |
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