King Pest

Creator:

Ensor, James (draftsmen (artists))
Poe, Edgar Allan (author)

Period:

n/a

Date:

ca. 1886 - ca. 1888

Institution:

Museum voor Schone Kunsten Gent

Type:

tekeningen, dessins, and drawings (visual works)

Subtype:

potloodtekening, dessin au crayon, pencil drawings, krijttekening, dessin à la craie, and chalk drawings

Material:

potlood, crayon, pencils (drawing and writing equipment), zwart krijt, craie noire, black chalk, krijt, craie, chalk, papier, papier, and paper

Subject:

fantastische kunst, art fantastique, and fantastic art

Dimensions:

h 172 mm
b 226 mm

Object number:

2002-D

Description:

De tekening "Koning Pest" is gebaseerd op een verhaal van Edgar Allen Poe, getiteld "King Pest, a tale containing an allegory". Het verhaal gaat over twee zeemannen die een herberg verlaten zonder te betalen en daardoor worden nagezeten door de boze waardin. Tijdens hun vlucht komen ze terecht in een Londense wijk waar ze belanden in een kelder waar Koning Pest een vergadering voorzit. In 1895 graveerde Ensor een ets naar de tekening, die rond 1886-88 ontstond (inv. 1998-B-100).

Iconclass:

83(POE, King Pest) (scenes from) specific works of literature (POE, King Pest)
61E(LONDON) names of cities and villages (LONDON)
23T27(14) modern division of historical epochs ~ centuries (14)
82A(LEGS) male literary characters (LEGS)
82A(HUGH TARPAULIN) male literary characters (HUGH TARPAULIN)
82A(KING PEST) male literary characters (KING PEST)
82AA(QUEEN PEST) female literary characters (QUEEN PEST)
82AA(ARCH DUCHESS ANA-PEST) female literary characters (ARCH DUCHESS ANA-PEST)
82A(ARCH DUKE PEST-IFEROUS) male literary characters (ARCH DUKE PEST-IFEROUS)
82A(DUKE PEST-ILENTIAL) male literary characters (DUKE PEST-ILENTIAL)
82A(DUKE TEM-PEST) male literary characters (DUKE TEM-PEST)
82A(TIM HURLYGURLY) male literary characters (TIM HURLYGURLY)
45D323 sailor
44B113 king
31A235 sitting figure
31A231 standing figure
31AA235 sitting figure - AA - female human figure
31A4621 plague
31A46210 personification of plague
41D221(FEATHERED HAT) head-gear (FEATHERED HAT)
25F9 mis-shapen animals; monsters
31A42 human beings (legendary or not) of abnormal proportions, size, strength, etc.
11K devil(s) and demons
42E271 undertaker, mortician
47A21 workshop-interior
31A21 (human) skeleton
31A211 (human) skull
31F11 death's head, skull (symbol of Death)
41C51(+2) banquet of elegant company (+ toast at meal, banquet)
41C52 carousal, drinking-bout, orgy
41A711 table
41A721 chairs (furniture forms)
41A7211 stool
41C711 wine ~ alcoholic drinks
41C7113 kinds of wine
41C712 liqueur
41C7112 bottle of wine
41A775 wooden container: barrel, cask
41C715(PUNCH) other alcoholic drinks (PUNCH)
46A63 meeting, assembly
47I83 charcoal burning, charcoal burner, wood collier
42E141 coffin
56DD34 Horror, Abhorrence