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Colored lithograph with zodiac wheel of cherubs, trumpeting angel, weeping woman by coffin, lion, cannon, and a cloaked skeletal figure beside a red curtain.

Apocalyptic Scenes with Zodiac Wheel and Allegorical Figures, 1871

A hand-coloured lithograph arranged as a crowded allegorical panorama under a zodiac wheel of cherub heads. A winged angel sounds a trumpet at upper right, while a draped female figure weeps beside a flag-covered coffin and a grim, cloaked figure with a scythe-like staff stands at a red curtain.

Artist
Unknown
Date
1871
Medium
Lithographs
Source
Wellcome Collection
Size
4000 × 2930 px
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Public domain · Wellcome Collection marks it Public Domain Mark; made by 1871.
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

The Zodiac and the StarsThe Sea and Ships19th century1870s1871lithographallegoryhand-colored printsatirical printlioncannonapocalyptic scenecoffinzodiac wheel

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