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Colour lithograph of a seated skeleton in a cap and waistcoat, smoking a pipe and holding a beer mug at a table, with calendar pages behind.

Skeleton Smoking a Pipe and Drinking Beer, Antikamnia Calendar 1899

A skeleton dressed in a flat cap, white shirt and striped waistcoat sits on a wooden chair at a small table, holding a pipe and a tankard of beer. Calendar sheets for May and June hang on a painted blue-green backdrop, with the title and year printed at the top. The colour lithograph is signed at right.

Artist
Crusius, L., active 1898-1900.
Date
1899 1899
Medium
Calendars Lithographs
Source
Wellcome Collection
Size
2806 × 4000 px
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Public domain · Wellcome Collection marks it Public Domain Mark; made by 1899.
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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