The dance of death. Etching by R. Dagley, 182-.

The dance of death: the canon. Woodcut by Hans Holbein the younger.

The dance of death at Basel: death and the duke. Lithograph by Danzer after H. Hess.

The dance of death: the advocate. Woodcut by Hans Holbein the younger.

The dance of death: death and the prostitute. Etching by D.-N. Chodowiecki, 1791, after himself.

The dance of death: the prisoner discharged. Coloured aquatint after T. Rowlandson, 1816.

The dance of death at Basel: death and the duchess. Lithograph by G. Danzer after H. Hess.

The dance of death: the battle. Coloured aquatint after T. Rowlandson, 1816.

The dance of death: the glutton. Coloured aquatint after T. Rowlandson, 1816.

A skeleton gentleman at a ball asks a skeleton lady to dance; representing the effect of arsenical dyes and pigments in clothing and accessories. Wood engraving, 1862.

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<p>These lithographs are derived from the dance of death frescos painted on the walls of the churchyard of the Dominican cloister in Basel. Executed between 1437 and 1441, these frescos were often altered and were finally removed in 1805 when damages could not be restored. Some of the wall fragments are preserved in the history museum in Basel</p>

1 print : lithograph, printed with beige background ; image 16.9 x 13.1 cm

The dance of death at Basel: death and the abbess. Lithograph by G. Danzer after H. Hess.

The English dance of death, from the designs of Thomas Rowlandson, with metrical illustrations, by the author of "Dr Syntax"

1 print : aquatint, with watercolour ; image 12.4 x 19.6 cm

The dance of death: the schoolmaster. Coloured aquatint after T. Rowlandson, 1816.

62 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 25 cm

La danse macabre de La Chaise-Dieu / par Claudie et Pierre Boissé ; présentation par Pierre-Roger Gaussin ; photographies, Roger Choplain et Roland Maston.

The dance of death: the creation. Woodcut by Hans Holbein the younger.

1 print : aquatint, with watercolour ; image 12 x 20.6 cm

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The dance of death at Basel: death and the abbess. Lithograph by G. Danzer after H. Hess.

The dance of death: the schoolmaster. Coloured aquatint after T. Rowlandson, 1816.

La danse macabre de La Chaise-Dieu / par Claudie et Pierre Boissé ; présentation par Pierre-Roger Gaussin ; photographies, Roger Choplain et Roland Maston.

The dance of death: the creation. Woodcut by Hans Holbein the younger.

The dance of death: skaters. Coloured aquatint after T. Rowlandson, 1816.

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Dance of death

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The dance of death at Basel: death and the abbess. Lithograph by G. Danzer after H. Hess.

The dance of death: the schoolmaster. Coloured aquatint after T. Rowlandson, 1816.

La danse macabre de La Chaise-Dieu / par Claudie et Pierre Boissé ; présentation par Pierre-Roger Gaussin ; photographies, Roger Choplain et Roland Maston.

The dance of death: the creation. Woodcut by Hans Holbein the younger.

The dance of death: skaters. Coloured aquatint after T. Rowlandson, 1816.

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