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that were copied by Stettler from Kauw's drawings of theoriginal painting by Nicolas Manuel Deutsch. In theauthor's possession, together with lithographic copies ofthem that have been recently published at Berne. 1
A modern Indian ink drawing of a drunken party of menand women. Death above in a cloud levels his dart atthem. Upright, 5J by 3^. In the author's possession.
A spirited drawing in Indian ink of two Deaths aspugilists, with their bottle-holders. Oblong, 7 by ^\. Inthe author's possession.
A pen-and-ink tinted drawing, entitled " The Last Drop."A female seated before a table on which is a bottle of ginor brandy. She is drinking a glass of it, Death standingby and directing his dart at her. In the authorspossession.
Mr. Dagley, in the second edition of his " Death's Doings,'*p. 7, has noticed some very masterly designs chalked on awall bordering the road from Turnham Green towardsKew Bridge. They exhibited figures of Death as a skeletonludicrously occupied with gamblers, dancers, boxers, &c. allof the natural size. They were unfortunately swept awaybefore any copies were made to perpetuate them, as theywell deserved. It was stated in the Times newspaper thatthese sketches were made by a nephew of Mr. BaronGarrow, then living in retirement near the spot, but whoafterwards obtained a situation in India. These drawingswere made in 1819.
Four very clever coloured drawings by Rowlandson,being probably a portion of an unfinished series of aDeath's Dance. 1. The Suicide. A man seated near atable is in the act of discharging a pistol at his head. Thesudden and terrific appearance of Death, who, startingfrom behind a curtain, significantly stares at him throughan eye-glass. One of the candles is thrown down, and awine-glass jerked out of the hand of the suicide, who, froma broken sword and a hat with a cockade, seems intendedfor some ruined soldier of fashion. A female servant,alarmed at the report of the pistol, rushes into the apart-ment. Below, these verses :—
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