The skeleton of Death preaching to a crowd

The skeleton of Death preaching to a crowd. Death stands in a necropolis of bones and skulls, and rests his ledger on a crouching skeleton. Wealthy ladies, a gentlemen, an old man and child watch. Death Preaching. Steel engraving by Richard Dagley after a 1654 illustration by Adriaen van de Venne from Dagley's 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

1654 Bones Boneyard Dance Of Death Deaths Doings Engraver Grim Reaper Illustrator J. Andrews Ledger Macabre Morbid Mortality Necropolis Old Man Preacher Richard Dagley Skulls Steel Engraving Wealth

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