The Eleusinian and Bacchic Mysteries

A detailed line-art engraving depicting an "Eleusinian Ceremony" based on classical sculpture. In the upper register, a bearded male figure, likely Triptolemus, is seated in a chariot with large, spread wings and serpent-like components, holding stalks of grain. In the center, a standing female figure, Demeter, is draped in robes with one arm raised in a gesture toward the figure in the chariot. To her right, a massive serpent coils upward behind a rectangular altar or chest decorated with symbols of grain and flowers. At the bottom left and center, a group of figures observes the scene: a woman holding an infant, two bearded men kneeling or reclining in supplication, and a seated youth on the far right. The left side of the image features a stylized landscape with several trees and clouds in the sky.

original: "Denkmäler Sculptur" — German for "Sculptural Monuments."