The Dance of Death.

14'

This is within 1 broad frame, containing a Dance of Death,in twelve ovals. The names of the characters are inGerman:—1. The Pope. 2. Emperor. 3. King. 4,Cardinal. 5. Bishop. 6. Duke. 7. Earl. 8. Gentleman.9. Citizen. 10. Peasant. 11. Soldier and Beggar. 12.Fool and Child. Under each subject is an appropriateinscription in Latin and German. In the middle at top, aDeath's head and bones, an hour-glass and a dial. In themiddle at bottom, a lamp burning on a Death's head, anda pot of holy water with an aspergillum. On the sides,in the middle, funereal implements.

XIV. Heinecken, in his " Dictionnaire des Graveurs,"iii. 77, mentions a Dance of Death engraved about 1740by Maurice Bodenehr of Friburg, but without any furthernotice.

XV. Another very large print, 2 feet by if, in mezzo-tinto, the subject as in No. 10, but the figures varied,and much better drawn. At bottom, "Joh. El. Ridingerexcud. Aug. Vindel."

XVI. Newton's Dances of Death. Published July 12,1796, by Wm. Holland, No. 50, Oxford Street,,consistingof the following grotesque subjects engraved on copper.The size 6 inches by 5. 1. Auctioneer. 2. Lawyer. 3.Old Maid on Death's back. 4. Gamblers. 5. ScoldingWife. 6. Apple-woman. 7. Blind Beggar. 8. DistressedPoet and Bailiff. 9. Undertaker. 10. Sleeping Lady.11. Old Woman and her Cats. 12. Gouty Parson feedingon a tythe pig. 12*. Same subject differently treated. 13.Sailor and Sweetheart. 14. Physician, Grave-digger, andDeath dancing a round. 15. Market-man. 16. Doctor, sickPatient, and Nurse. 17. Watchman. 18. Grave-diggerputting a corpse into the grave. 19. Old maid reading,Death extinguishes the candle. 20. Grave-digger makinga grave. 21. Old Woman. 22. Barber. 23. Lady andDeath reflected in the mirror. 24. Waiter. 25. AmorousOld Man and Young Woman. 26. Jew Old Clothes-man.27. Miser. 28. Female Gin-drinker.

XVII. The Dance of Death modernised. PublishedJuly 13, 1800, and designed by G. M. Woodward, BernersStreet, Oxford Street. Contains the following caricaturesSize 5 by 4j.

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