I Watched The Water Snakes | Gustave Doré | 1876 17th Century the skeletal figure waits in

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This vivid ukiyo-e print by Utagawa Yoshifuji (1828–1887) depicts a terrifying encounter with the Kamikiri

I Watched The Water Snakes | Gustave Doré | 1876 17th Century the skeletal figure waits inThis engraving was created by Gustave Dor for the 1876 edition of Samuel Taylor Coleridge's "The Rime of the Ancient Mariner." It depicts the cursed mariner seated alone on the bowsprit of his ship, clutching the lifeless albatross he has slain. Below him, strange water snakes glide through the dark sea, their shimmering forms marking a pivotal moment in the poem, when the mariner begins to recognise the beauty and value of the natural world once