Hand-coloured allegorical print with winged old man holding a scroll, a skeleton, a torch-bearing figure, a crowd, steamships and a columned building.

Allegorical apocalyptic scene with Father Time, Death and steamships

A hand-coloured print of an allegorical scene: a winged, bearded old man with a scythe and a scroll stands beside a skeleton, while a muscular figure holds a torch near a shield. Behind them, a crowd, steamships, cattle and a columned building fill the landscape beneath zodiac signs and a dated scroll.

Artist: Unknown
Date: 1841
Medium: Lithographs
Source: Wellcome Collection
Size: 4000 × 3088 px

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Public domain · Wellcome Collection marks it Public Domain Mark; made by 1841.
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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Allegorical apocalyptic scene with Father Time, Death and steamships

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