The bodies of two men and a skeleton hanging on a gallows; representing the status of the triad. Watercolour, ca. 1800.

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[1800?]
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2199927i
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The bodies of two men and a skeleton hanging on a gallows; representing the status of the triad. Watercolour, ca. 1800. Wellcome Collection. Public Domain Mark. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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[1800?]

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1 drawing : watercolour ; sheet 20 x 25.5 cm

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Tres faciunt Collegium. Aller guten Dinge müssen dreie seyn The saying "Tres faciunt collegium", meaning that three people make up a quorum for a meeting or institution, is said to be mentioned in Justinian's Digests, book II, as a quotation from the jurist Neratius Priscus (ca. 100 AD)

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