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Lithograph of a grinning skeleton dressed as a gentleman in a top hat and jacket, standing on a city street, with calendar pages at upper left.

Antikamnia Calendar 1900: Skeleton Gentleman Looking for Another Button

A chromolithograph calendar shows a grinning skeleton in a top hat, dark jacket, striped trousers and patterned shirt with a red tie, standing on a city pavement. Calendar pages for May and June hang at upper left, with the caption 'Looking for Another Button' along the bottom and a signature at lower right.

Artist
Crusius, L., active 1898-1900.
Date
1900 1900
Medium
Lithographs
Source
Wellcome Collection
Size
2790 × 4000 px
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Public domain · Wellcome Collection marks it Public Domain Mark; made by 1900.
Rights checked 2026-11-05 · tier A · as stated by the source: Public Domain Mark (Wellcome Collection)

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Wellcome Collection

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