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Coloured aquatint of a skeleton with a torch leading fashionably dressed people through a vaulted crypt lined with skulls.

The dance of death: the vision of skulls. Coloured aquatint after T. Rowlandson, 1816.

A hand-coloured aquatint shows a skeleton holding a flaming torch and leading a procession of fashionably dressed figures through a vaulted crypt. Walls and arches are packed with stacked skulls and bones, and a caption printed beneath the scene reads: 'As it appears, though dead as long...'

Artist
Thomas Rowlandson
Date
1816
Medium
Aquatints
Source
Wellcome Collection
Size
4000 × 2472 px
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Public domain · Wellcome Collection marks it Public Domain Mark; made by 1816.
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

Español: La danza de la muerte: la visión de los cráneos, aguatinta, 1816

Una aguatinta coloreada a mano muestra a un esqueleto con una antorcha encendida que guía a una procesión de figuras elegantemente vestidas por una cripta abovedada. Los muros y arcos están llenos de cráneos y huesos apilados, y bajo la escena hay un pie de texto impreso.

Português: A dança da morte: a visão dos crânios, aquatinta, 1816

Uma aquatinta colorida à mão mostra um esqueleto segurando uma tocha acesa e conduzindo uma procissão de figuras elegantemente vestidas por uma cripta abobadada. As paredes e arcos estão cheios de crânios e ossos empilhados, e há uma legenda impressa abaixo da cena.

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