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Type/Technique

Memento mori

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  • Death and the lady. Etching.
  • A man, half human and half skeleton. Coloured etching after R. Dighton, 17--.
  • A clock dial on which a skeleton holds an oil lamp. Drawing by Caleb Elwin, 1800.
  • Death astride his horse is the hero of the battlefield. Etching.
  • Four circular compositions with scenes from the dance of death. Lithograph after Israhel van Meckenem.
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    Three skulls are piled up to form a pyramidal composition on which a dead child partly lies. Heliogravure after S. Beham, 1529.

    Beham, Sebald, 1500-1550. | Date: 1800-1899 | Reference: 33732i
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    Death tramples on three female allegorical figures representing sensual pleasures. Pen and ink drawing, ca. 1700.

    | Date: 1700 | Reference: 35669i
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    An architectural composition resembling an altar on which a skeleton lies, cherubs fly above. Engraving.

    | Reference: 34810i
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    A skeleton encircled with a decorative band. Woodcut.

    | Reference: 33884i
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    A skeleton with snakes and rats. Etching by C. Grignion, 1821.

    | Date: 12th. March, 1821 | Reference: 35745i
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