The Antiquary's Last Will and Testament

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Fungus, at length, contrives to get
Death's dart into his cabinet.

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Artist

Name:
Rowlandson, Thomas
Dates:
1756-1827
Country:
UK

Illustration

Subject:
Humor
Technique:
Etching
Format:
Landscape (wider)
Source:
The Getty Research Institute, The Internet Archive

Book

Title:
The English dance of death, vol. 1
Author:
Combe, William
Publisher:
London: R. Ackermann, 1815
Open Library:
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Description:

Death walks into an untidy room and, heedless of the cat hissing at him, points his javelin at a man who has fallen asleep in his bed with a candle in one hand and sheets of paper in the other. Colored etching and aquatint.

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