Animal Skeleton Gallery

NAP AND HIS FRIENDS IN THEIR GLORY, 1813 (engraving)

7262212 NAP AND HIS FRIENDS IN THEIR GLORY, 1813 (engraving) by Rowlandson, Thomas (1756-1827) (after); Bromley Museum, Orpington, UK; (add.info.: NAP AND HIS FRIENDS IN THEIR GLORY. after Rowlandson published by Ackermann Oct 1st 1813 cat: 12083 Napoleon and his brother Joseph dining with Death and the Devil. A satire on Joseph's flight from Madrid in 1808 reissued to apply to his final flight from Spain after Vittoria. He fled to France and went to his chateau of Morfontaine north of Paris. Napoleon forbade him to go to Paris; he was later summoned there for an interview on 28 Nov. see Geer, Napoleon and his Family, iii, 1929.)

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Two skeletons of Death attack a king in his throne room. 1792. 1926 (engraving)

7234876 Two skeletons of Death attack a king in his throne room. 1792. 1926 (engraving) by Chodowiecki, Daniel Nikolaus (1726-1801); Private Collection; (add.info.: Two skeletons of Death attack a king in his throne room. One figure of Death removes his crown, while another hits him with a sceptre. The king wears a wig, ermine cape and embroidered clothers. Three peasants kneel before him. Der Konig. Copperplate engraving drawn and etched by Daniel Nikolaus Chodowiecki from a series of Dance of Death, originally published in the Lavenburg Calendar in 1792. Reprinted in Totentanz from the original copperplates by Walther Nithack-Stahn, Eigenbrodler Verlag, Berlin, 1926.); © Florilegius

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The skeleton of Death stabs the Pope on his throne. 1792. 1926 (engraving)

7234877 The skeleton of Death stabs the Pope on his throne. 1792. 1926 (engraving) by Chodowiecki, Daniel Nikolaus (1726-1801); Private Collection; (add.info.: The skeleton of Death stabs the Pope on his throne. The figure of Death wears a crown of thorns, black habit and sashes, and uses a dart or arrow. Priests and monks pray and kneel before him. Der Pabst. Copperplate engraving drawn and etched by Daniel Nikolaus Chodowiecki from a series of Dance of Death, originally published in the Lavenburg Calendar in 1792. Reprinted in Totentanz from the original copperplates by Walther Nithack-Stahn, Eigenbrodler Verlag, Berlin, 1926.); © Florilegius

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