The English dance of death, second volume. Plate 12. Death's door

The English dance of death, second volume. Plate 12. Death's door

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Title:
The English dance of death, second volume. Plate 12. Death's door
Description:
Death's bony person is half thrust through his portals which lead to the grave as he has been disturbed by a boisterous summons thundered at his gate. He seems quite shocked at the importunities of a crowd of unfortunates who are clamorous in their demands for instant admittance to the unknown realms. Madmen, the extremely aged, the gouty, the bereaved, those afflicted with poverty, disease, scolding wives, the hungering, cripples, forsaken ones, and a multitude of various sufferers to whom the buffets of life have proved insupportable, are supplicating refuge from an unkindly world.
Artist:
Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827
Date:
July 1, 1815
Format:
Prints
Genre:
Etchings
Aquatints
Caricatures
Location:
Boston Public Library
Arts Department
Collection (local):
Thomas Rowlandson (1756-1827). Prints and Drawings
Subjects:
Death
Skeletons
Crowds
Extent:
1 print : etching and aquatint ; sheet 14 x 24 cm
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Terms of Use:
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Publisher:
London, 101 Strand : R. Ackermann's
Language:
English
Notes:
Title from catalogue raisonné.
Grego, II, p. 345
Caption on item: In this world all our comfort is o'er, So let us find it at Death's Door.
Notes (date):
Date from item.
Notes (citation):
Grego, Joseph. "Rowlandson the caricaturist; a selection from his works with anecdotal descriptions of his famous caricatures, in two volumes." London: Chatto and Windus, 1880
Identifier:
18_03_000232
Barcode:
36666003331606