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Wenceslaus Hollar, The Long Parliament, 1641. Engraving, 14.2 × 18.3 cm. British Museum, London.

Hobbes Beheamoth

Hobbes, Thomas. Behemoth or the Long Parliament. Edited by Ferdinand Tönnies. With a New Introduction by Stephen Holmes. Chicago: The University of Chicago Press, 1990.

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Wenceslaus Hollar, The Long Parliament, 1641. Engraving, 14.2 × 18.3 cm. British Museum, London.

The image below is William Blake’s re interpretation of Hollar’s engraving. 

Blake, William. Behemoth and Leviathan. 1805–1810. Pen, black ink, and watercolor on paper, 27.2 × 19.7 cm. Morgan Library & Museum, New York.

 

Wenceslaus Hollar, The Long Parliament, 1641. Engraving, 14.2 × 18.3 cm. British Museum, London.