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Life and Death Contrasted or an Essay on Woman

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Title Life and Death Contrasted or an Essay on Woman

Date 1792-1796

Subjects Political satire

Description NL #455, Folder #12, Life and Death Contrasted or an Essay on Woman, half woman half skeleton, holding a fan in her right hand and an arrow in her left, at her feet are playing cards, a book titled Romance and Novels vol. 1, a book on Gaming, a piece of paper titled Masquerade and a skull and bones. On the grave stone is a quote by Shakespeare's Hamlet, Act 5, Scene 1, "Now get you to my lady's chamber and tell her, let her paint an inch thick, to this complexion she must come at last." British Museum #3793

Format Satires

Call Number Case W 778 .186

Rights Status No Copyright - United States

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IIIF Resource Type Canvas

Size 3376px × 4635px 44.81 MB

File Created 07/31/2012

Filename Case W778 .186, English caricatures, NL #455.tif

Unique Identifier NL11NZEU

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