The skeleton of Death pulls down a tightrope walker

The skeleton of Death, Freund Hans, pulls a tightrope walker to his death, 18th century. The skeleton rides a donkey and pulls the acrobat's leg. A large crowd watches the performance on a village green. The acrobat. Der Equilibrist. Copperplate engraving by Johan Georg Mansfeld after an original by Johann Rudolf Schellenberg from Johan Kark Musaus's Freund Heins Erscheinungen in Holbeins Manier, (Apparitions of Death in the manner of Holbein) Mannheim, 1803

1803 18th Century Acrobat Dance Of Death Freund Hans Freund Hein Johan Georg Mansfeld Johan Kark Musaus Johann Rudolf Schellenberg Macabre Mannheim Morbid Mortality Tightrope Walker

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