The Death Blow

All Resolutions

How vain are all your triumphs past,
For this set-to will be your last.

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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:

Having knocked out and fatally injured his opponent still lying on the ground, a bare-knuckle boxer now has to fight a defiant Death as the scared audience rushes away from the scene.

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