Death and the Hypochondriac

Death and the Hypochondriac. The figure of Death, a spider with a human skull body, appears at the feet of a sickly man hallucinating in front of the fireplace. A sleeping potion and spoon lie on a table, and a Health Diary on the floor. Illustration drawn and engraved on steel by Richard Dagley from his own Death's Doings, Consisting of Numerous Original Compositions in Verse and Prose, J. Andrews, London, 1827. Dagley (1761-1841) was an English painter, illustrator and engraver

Curtains Dance Of Death Deaths Doings Drug Engraver Grim Reaper Hallucination Hearth Hourglass Human Skull Hypochondriac Illustrator J. Andrews Macabre Morbid Mortality Richard Dagley Spider Spoon Steel Engraving Suicide Vision

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