Death's doings; consisting of numerous original compositions, in prose and verse, the friendly contributions of various writers; principally intended as illustrations of twenty four plates, designed and etched by R. Dagley / [Richard Dagley].

  • Dagley, Richard, -1841
Date:
1826
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: Death's doings; consisting of numerous original compositions, in prose and verse, the friendly contributions of various writers; principally intended as illustrations of twenty four plates, designed and etched by R. Dagley / [Richard Dagley]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    perfect an example as can well be imagined to show us what we are, and to warn us what we are to be. Another specimen of the monitory kind is a re- presentation of a heathen philosopher, contem- plating the structure of a human skeleton, and thence inferring the existence of a Deity. Of the more whimsical and pointed of these moral lessons, is one where a man is draining an enormous bowl, and Death stands ready to confirm the title of the print,—“ The Last Drop.” There is also, among the varieties of this sort, an etching representing a gay couple vi- siting a tomb. It is called, “ An Emblem of a Modern Marriage:” in the background of the piece is a view of a noble mansion, behind which appears a rising ground ; beneath the print are the following lines :— “ No smiles for us the godhead wears, His torch inverted, and his face in tears,” answering to the figure of a Cupid in the act