The dance of death: the chamber war, Rowlandson aquatint, 1816

Hand-colored aquatint with an interior of green drapery, where a stout man in yellow breeches and a smaller man in blue grapple and raise their fists while a maid with a pan looms behind them. At right, a skeleton leans over an elderly woman in a chair, while a man at left brandishes a cane beside a window.

Artist

Thomas Rowlandson

Date

1816

Medium

Aquatints

Source

Wellcome Collection

Size

4000 × 2401 px

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Wellcome Collection