The skeleton of Death with the school mistress, 18th century

The skeleton of Death, Freund Hans, comes for the school mistress at a girls school, 18th century. The skeleton wears a shawl as she approaches the teacher at her desk, while girls flee in horror. Resignation of tacit approval. Schweigenbe Ergebung. 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 Dance Of Death Freund Hans Freund Hein Johan Georg Mansfeld Johan Kark Musaus Johann Rudolf Schellenberg Macabre Mannheim Morbid Mortality Pupils

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