Laurence Sterne stands on the left facing Death who has just come in the door (right) carrying an hourglass and carrying a walking stick. On the wall behind him is a map of the fortifications of Namur and on the table by his side, a statue of Diana of the Ephesians under a glass dome (bell glass) as well as a feather pen in an ink stand. Below the table is a jackboot. Between the two columns of verse below the image in a cartouche is a butterfly fluttering over a torch, a reference to the soul
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Title from British Museum catalogue., Date from manuscript note in Horace Walpole's hand., Sheet trimmed to plate mark on top and sides., Five lines from Tristam Shandy below image in English and Italian, etched below image: and when Death himself knocked at my door, ye had him come again, and in so gay a tone, of careless indifference, did ye doit, that he, doubted of his commission. There must certainly be some mistake in thy matter, quoth he ..., In lower left corner: Price half-crown., Temporary local subject terms: Literature: Aristotle's works -- Ovid -- A sentimental journey by Laurence Sterne -- Emblems: mundane egg -- Reference to plagiary -- Machine for tearing books., and Annotated by Horace Walpole below plate line: Sterne, author of Tristam Shandy, done at Florence.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Sterne, Laurence, 1713-1768 and Sterne, Laurence, 1713-1768.
Subject (Topic):
Death, Hourglasses, Skeletons, and Staffs (Sticks)
"Death (left) poises his javelin, about to strike an old man in bed, reading a book by the light of a candle held in his left hand. The room is heaped with his treasures (armour, &c.). Rats scamper, chased by a cat."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title from description of a later state in the British Museum catalogue; the assigned title for each plate from The English dance of death is the heading to the opposite printed page., Early (proof?) state, before aquatint added. For a later state, see no. 12412 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 9., Publisher and date of publication from imprint on later state: London, Pub. 1 April 1814, at R. Ackermann's, 101 Strand., Sheet trimmed within plate mark, with possible loss of text below image., Later state issued in: Combe, W. The English dance of death. London : Published at R. Ackermann's Repository of Arts ..., 1815-1816., This record is derived from historic data and may not reflect our current information. Review and updating of records is ongoing., Cf. Grego, J. Rowlandson the caricaturist, v. 2, page 320., Temporary local Medical Library subject terms: Skeleton as Death., and Ink verse notation on verso, perhaps in Rowlandson's hand; additional pencil notation on verso.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Combe, William, 1742-1823.
Subject (Topic):
Death (Personification), Wills, Skeletons, Spears, Beds, Sleeping, Cats, Rats, Armor, Musical instruments, Books, Candles, Artists' materials, Urns, and Sculpture
Title below image in Latin and German: Genesis Cap. L.v.2.3. Iacobus aromate conditus. ; I. Büch Mosis Cap.L.v.2.3. Der Balsamirte Jacob., Translated title supplied by curator., Place and year of publication from source volume., In margin upper right: Tab.CXIV., From: Johann Jakob Scheuchzer, Physica sacra, Augustae Vindelicorum & Ulmae, 1731-1735., and This electronic record is derived from historic data and may not reflect our current information. Review and updating of records is ongoing.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Jacob (Biblical patriarch).
Subject (Topic):
Embalming, Funeral rites and ceremonies, Medicine in the Bible, Mummies, Dead persons, Grief, Undertakers, Skeletons, and Dogs
Title from lettered state., Artist and printmaker from statements of responsibility on lettered state: S. Collings delt. ; etch'd by T. Rowlandson., An unlettered state of a print published ca. 1786 by E. Jackson. Cf. Royal Collection Trust online catalogue, RCIN 810884., Companion print to the early, oval version of: The chamber of genius., and This electronic record is derived from historic data and may not reflect our current information. Review and updating of records is ongoing.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Topic):
Gout, Collectors, Collectibles, Sarcophagi, Skeletons, Mice, Balloons (Aircraft), and Hats
Title supplied by curator., Date derived from style of dress depicted., Artist's name on plate at lower left., Place of publication derived from artist's likely nationality., This electronic record is derived from historic data and may not reflect our current information. Review and updating of records is ongoing., and Temporary local Medical Library subject terms: Skeleton as Death.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Topic):
Death (Personification)., Mortality, Sick persons, Physicians, Clocks & watches, Coffins, Skeletons, and Medicines
"The corner of a house seen from a walled garden. Death throws down a ladder which gave access to a window from which a distraught girl looks out; her lover, a young lieutenant, falls from it towards a pond, while an elderly colonel, the father, fires a blunderbuss towards cats on the wall, the charge being intercepted by the falling man. A prancing dog barks."--British Museum catalogue
Alternative Title:
Assailant does not feel a wound; but yet he dies, for he is drown'd
Description:
Title from British Museum catalogue, taken from the heading to the printed page opposite the plate in The English dance of death., Couplet etched below image: The assailant does not feel a wound; but yet he dies, for he is drown'd., Attributed to Rowlandson in the British Museum catalogue., Sheet trimmed within plate mark with loss of imprint from top margin and verses from bottom margin. Missing text supplied from impression in the British Museum., Plate from: Combe, W. The English dance of death. London : Published at R. Ackermann's Repository of Arts ..., 1815-1816, v. 2, opposite page 241., and Temporary local Medical Library subject terms: Skeleton as Death.
Publisher:
Pub. Jany. 1 - 1816, at R. Ackermann's, 101 Strand
Subject (Name):
Combe, William, 1742-1823.
Subject (Topic):
Death (Personification), Accidents, Courtship, Military officers, British, Gardens, Garden walls, Skeletons, Ladders, Falling, Firearms, Dogs, Cats, and Lakes & ponds
"A runaway horse dashes over a bank towards the sea. The driver, a stout 'cit', falls backwards, broken reins in his hands. A young woman flings herself out. Death sits beside the road on a mile-stone, '56 Miles from London', holding up his hour-glass at the pair. (In the text the accident is on Shooters Hill.)"--British Museum catalogue
Alternative Title:
Away they go in chaise & one, or to undo or be undone
Description:
Title from British Museum catalogue, taken from the heading to the printed page opposite the plate in The English dance of death., Couplet etched below image: Away they go in chaise & one, or to undo or be undone., Attributed to Rowlandson in the British Museum catalogue., Sheet trimmed within plate mark with loss of imprint from top margin and verses from bottom margin. Missing text supplied from impression in the British Museum., Plate from: Combe, W. The English dance of death. London : Published at R. Ackermann's Repository of Arts ..., 1815-1816, v. 2, opposite page 158., and Temporary local Medical Library subject terms: Skeleton as Death.
Publisher:
Pub. Octr. 1 - 1815, at R. Ackermann's, 101 Strand
Subject (Name):
Combe, William, 1742-1823.
Subject (Topic):
Dance of death, Death (Personification), Accidents, Skeletons, Carriages & coaches, Horses, Dogs, Traffic signs & signals, and Hourglasses
Title devised by curator., Unsigned and undated., and This electronic record is derived from historic data and may not reflect our current information. Review and updating of records is ongoing.
"A pretty young wife sits beside an aged doting and rich husband, reading to him. He delightedly contemplates his glass, which is being filled by Death, who leans over a screen. The girl's left hand is held by a young officer who leans through the window (right)."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Honeymoon and When the old fool has drank his wine and gone to rest, I will be thine
Description:
Title from British Museum catalogue, taken from the heading to the printed page opposite the plate in The English dance of death., Couplet etched below image: When the old fool has drank his wine / and gone to rest, I will be thine., Attributed to Rowlandson in the British Museum catalogue., Sheet trimmed within plate mark with loss of imprint from top margin and verses from bottom margin. Missing text supplied from impression in the British Museum., Plate from: Combe, W. The English dance of death. London : Published at R. Ackermann's Repository of Arts ..., 1815-1816, v. 1, opposite page 106., and Temporary local Medical Library subject terms: Marriage & married life -- Skeleton as Death.
Publisher:
Pub. Augt. 1, 1814, by R. Ackermann's, 101 Strand
Subject (Name):
Combe, William, 1742-1823.
Subject (Topic):
Dance of death, Death (Personification), Marriage, Skeletons, Courtship, Adultery, Military officers, British, Eating & drinking, Alcoholic beverages, Windows, Interiors, Stringed instruments, Books, Dogs, Fireplaces, and Screens
Title supplied by curator., Place of origin derived from printmaker's place of residence in 1541., Date from item., In image top: Omnem in homine venustatem mors abolet., This electronic record is derived from historic data and may not reflect our current information. Review and updating of records is ongoing., and Temporary local Medical Library subject terms: Skeleton as Death.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Topic):
Death (Personification)., Mortality, Women, Skeletons, Hourglasses, and Lilies