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  • Figures of Death lead an old and blind man over a cliff. Etching.
  • A man and a woman are counting their money with Death watching, armed with hourglass and scythe. Mezzotint by I. Meheux.
  • A skeleton as Death embraces a pregnant woman. Woodcut by Gerhard Marcks, 1959.
  • A woman depicted as half human and half skeleton. Woodcut and letterpress.
  • A skeleton as a reminder of death. Etching.
  • Three figures on horseback. Etching.
  • A dying man in bed is surrounded by a group of people praying for him. Etching.
  • A jester contemplates a skeleton. Wood engraving after Paul Stade, 1884.
  • A fatal fight between two men is caused by a game of cards. Etching by Jan Lievens. Etching.
  • A skeleton holding an inscribed plaque. Mezzotint.
  • A skeleton in fine attire. Lithograph, 18--.
  • Death approaches a woman in a domestic setting. Aquatint.
  • The three living and the three dead. Collotype after the Master of the Housebook, 1488-1505.
  • A cartouche including symbols of death and a funerary procession. Woodcut.
  • A woman shown half as clothed human being and half as skeleton. Coloured etching, 17--.
  • Death with his helpers attack a group of people. Pen and ink drawing.
  • A young woman contemplating a skull. Woodcut by A. Andreani after A. Casolano, 1592.
  • Death accompanies an old man. Etching.
  • A man sits on his balcony and contemplates his writing. Etching.
  • Two women open a cupboard in which a skeleton stands. Engraving by Brown after W.M. Craig, 1819, after E. Haywood.
  • Death holds a scroll while standing at an open grave. Etching.
  • Four heads representing the souls of people who have given different degrees of attention to spiritual matters. Engraving after R. Sadeler.
  • Death flanked by two men in fashionable dress. Pen and ink drawing.
  • A dinner party is interrupted by the appearance of Death who has captured a lady with his chain. Etching by Raphaël Sadeler after Jan van der Straet.
  • Three skulls are piled up to form a pyramidal composition on which a dead child partly lies. Heliogravure after S. Beham, 1529.
  • Two men in the presence of death hold a dialogue with God. Etching by John Lightbody.
  • King Richard II as described by William Shakespeare. Drawing after J.H. Mortimer.
  • Men and women inspect the open grave of Venus. Etching.
  • A young man and a young woman looking through an opening in a wall; alternatively, a human skull. Lithograph.
  • Two ladies contemplate a tombstone. Mezzotint, 1803.