Another breathtaking engraving by Flatters from the same 1855 French Paradise Lost edition as Eve by Richomme.

The artwork shows Adam alone in Paradise and crying.

The title is "Adam apres le peche". Adam after the Sin.

Adam is in the garden among ancient trees and plants, all treated in semi darkness by Flatters, so as to reveal the whiteness of the nude.

But the tone in Paradise has already changed. The vegetation is less welcoming and subtropical, and more like the Black Forest.

There are flashes of lightning on the right handside, and an eagle has already been preying on a young goat.

But although these symbols make the scene harsher than the Eve scene, it is still incredibly beautiful...