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King Richard II as described by William Shakespeare. Drawing after J.H. Mortimer. Wellcome Collection. Public Domain Mark. Source: Wellcome Collection.
Richard II wears a crown in which a small figure of Death is seated, representing lines spoken by Richard II in Shakespeare's play Richard II (Act 3, scene 2) "For within the hollow crown / That rounds the mortal temples of a king / Keeps Death his court and there the antic sits, / Scoffing his state and grinning at his pomp …"
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