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Colorful lithograph of a skeleton in cap and vest cutting newspaper at a desk, with March and April calendars on the wall.

Skeleton Cutting Newspaper, The Antikamnia Calendar 1900

A skeleton in a flat cap, vest and trousers sits at a desk, snipping a newspaper with scissors, while wall calendars for March and April hang nearby. A colorful 1900 lithograph titled The Antikamnia Calendar, with the caption An Original Article along the bottom.

Artist
Crusius, L., active 1898-1900.
Date
1900 1900
Medium
Lithographs
Source
Wellcome Collection
Size
2767 × 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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