Harbinger of Pestilence by Elizabeth Leggett

Title:	Harbinger of Pestilence
Date Created:	Oct 2017
Copyright:	© Elizabeth Leggett
Genre:	Unpublished Art
Mediums:	Digital
Views:	746
Posted:	10/17/2017

Harbinger of Pestilence--- Trade brought disease. That did not begin with the Americas, it was always there. I did not want my harbinger to have a clear role. Is she a wife waiting for her husband, a daughter waiting for her father or simply a prostitute? Is the ship coming or going? The clothing colors were chosen not only to groove with the background visually, but also to hint at skin colors in illness. The mask is toward the back because the ship may carry sickness or she may. There is a rat of course. Sometimes you need to go with tropes.