'The Man Sweeping the Interpreter's Parlour,' from Bunyan's Pilgrim's progress

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'The Man Sweeping the Interpreter's Parlour,' from Bunyan's Pilgrim's progress, 1820–22. Relief etching and white line engraving on ivory wove paper.

Relief etching and white line engraving on ivory wove paper · Image/block: 8 × 16.2 cm · Art Institute of Chicago

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Museum title: 'The Man Sweeping the Interpreter's Parlour,' from Bunyan's Pilgrim's progress
Artist: William Blake English, 1757-1827
Date: 1820–22
Medium: Relief etching and white line engraving on ivory wove paper
Dimensions: Image/block: 8 × 16.2 cm (3 3/16 × 6 7/16 in.); Sheet: 12.2 × 19.1 cm (4 13/16 × 7 9/16 in.)
Credit line: The Joseph Brooks Fair Collection
Image license: CC0 1.0 · Public domain
Museum record: Art Institute of Chicago

Artist’s life 1757–1827

Galler’s rooms and hanging scale are imagined. The image is the museum’s original digital reproduction.