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Pen drawing on pale blue paper showing a tall skeleton and a small kneeling figure at the right; blank paper and faint handwriting fill the rest.

Skeleton and kneeling figure, pen drawing on blue paper

A small pen-and-ink sketch on pale blue paper shows a tall, thin skeletal figure standing at upper right beside a kneeling figure with its head bowed. The rest of the strip is blank, with faint handwritten lettering along the lower edge.

Artist
Hablot Knight Browne
Date
[between 1800 and 1899]
Medium
Drawings
Source
Wellcome Collection
Size
4000 × 1246 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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