A large building is in flames, to the delight of a cheering mob with pikes; but the portion of it in the foreground, a heavy gate (right) inscribed 'Logements pour des Heretiques', is intact. Before it stands a stout monk displaying to a group of well-dressed men a grotesque mask, too large to fit a human face. Heavy chains are draped across the gateway. The spectators look at it with alarm; some are running away. Flames and smoke issue from the burning building which is inscribed 'Vive le feu'. Beneath the design is etched:
<p><br><br>'A dungeon horrible on all sides round
<br>one great furnace flamd yet from those flames 
<br>No light but rather darkness visible 
<br>Servd only to discover sights of woe! Milton'  17 October 1789
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<br>Etching
1789<div style="display: none;">date QS:P571,+1789-00-00T00:00:00Z/9</div>
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