Hans Holbein: Triomphe de la Mort

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HANS HOLBEIN GALLERIES

Triomphe de la Mort

Gravé l'apres les Dessins originaux de Jean Holbein

Plates from the 1803 edition of "The DANCES OF DEATH through The Various Stages of Human Life Wherein the Capriciousness of That Tyrant is Exhibited in Forty-Six Copper Plates done from the Original Designs which were Cut in Wood and Afterwards Painted by John Holbein in the Town of Basil." Published in London.

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Portait of Hans Holbein by David Deuchar

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Plate I: Frontispiece

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Plate III: Punishment

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Plate IV: Condemnation to Labor

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Plate V: The Pope Crowning an Emperor

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Plate VI: The Cardinal

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Plate VII: The Elector

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Plate VIII: The Bishop

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Plate IX: The Canon

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Plate X: The Friar Provisor

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Plate XI: The Abbe

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Plate XII: The Abbess

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Plate 13: The Rustics

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Plate 14: The Rustics

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Plate 15: Simon Cries for Phillida and Mopsus Laughs

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Plate 16: An Envious Whig

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Plate 17: Poor England

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Plate 18: England Beef and French Soup-Meagre

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Plate 19: Justice on the Bench

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Plate 20: Plato, Solander, and Banks

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Plate 21: The Broken Rake with Good Title Deeds

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Plate 22: Dress from Monkey-lands Brought O'er

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Plate 23: Dress from Monkey-lands Brought O'er

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Plate 24: Dress from Monkey-lands Brought O'er

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Plate 25: Such Game Our Rulers Play!

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Plate 26: Old Squint-ey'd Nan

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Plate 27: A Well-fed Vicar

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Plate 28: Quoth Hal to Dick

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Plate 29: Together They Totter About

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Plate 30: A Pitcher Fill'd with Nappy Ale

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Plate 31: Yeddart with His Little Nose Doth Envy Hodge His Great One

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Plate 32: A Pitcher Fill'd with Nappy Ale

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Plate 33: Kate, and Nan, and Bess

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Plate 34: Pipe and Liquor

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Plate 35: The Adjutant and the General

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Plate 36: Poor Old Toby

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Plate 37: Contentment

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Plate 38: Court and Country

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Plate 39: The Pluralist and the Old Soldier

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Plate 40: FRATRES IN MALO: or Tim Bobbin's Rap at the PYRATES

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Plate 41: THE DISAPPOINTMENT

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Plate 42: The Morning Visit

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Plate 43: THEY WHO HAVE EARS TO HEAR, LET THEM HEAR

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SCOTCH POLITICS __ To be read backward, like a Witch's Prayer