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Chromolithograph of a skeleton dressed in ragged green coat and bowler hat, holding a pipe, standing on a hillside beside two 1898 calendar pages.

A Prodigal's Return: Skeleton in Ragged Clothes, 1898 Calendar

A chromolithograph shows a skeleton wearing a brown bowler hat and tattered green coat, holding a pipe and a small tin can while standing on a grassy slope. Two calendar pages for September and October 1898 hang in the sky, and the caption reads "A Prodigal's Return".

Artist
Crusius, L.
Date
1898 1898
Medium
Calendars Lithographs
Source
Wellcome Collection
Size
2771 × 4000 px
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Public domain · Wellcome Collection marks it Public Domain Mark; made by 1898.
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

Anatomy and Medicine19th century1890s1898chromolithographmemento moriwellcome collectionskeletonvictorian printbeggarprodigal soncalendardeath allegory

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