The Garden Of Madness

- The Margrave

"You are led into a spacious apartment looking out on to a terrace. Beyond the battlements you see a magnificent view over the plain and in the distance the woods where your cavalry escort should still be waiting.

Rather more disconcerting are the gallows which have been erected on the terrace just outside the large windows.

'Bow to the Margrave!' orders the leader of the guards and. with the help of an elbow in the stomach, you are forced to incline your head to the stout figure in a velvet doublet standing to the right of the window. You assume (correctly) that the other, rascally-looking fellow facing you is the notorious Belfont."

Pen & ink on cartridge paper
14cmx22cm.

A portly well-dressed man and a sinister looking companion turn to face the viewer with a gallows visible in the background

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