Death of a sinner

U 6.851-2: Devil in that picture of sinner's death showing him a woman. Dying to embrace her in his shirt.

So far no picture has come to light in commentaries on Ulysses that corresponds to Bloom's description above.

This late-19th century print from an Upper Bavarian farmhouse was available throughout Europe, as the French, German, Spanish, English and Italian captions show.


Harald Beck

Collection of the Zurich James Joyce Foundation

There are several variants online (see here and here), with the first link perhaps showing an image closest to Bloom's description.

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