The Court of Death

From the original painting, by Rembrandt Peale, 1859

 

Print showing religious allegory based on a poem by Beilby Porteus, Bishop of London. Death sits on his throne in a cave. His agents include war, fire, famine, pestilence, pleasure, intemperance, remorse, delirium tremens, suicide, and disease. Old Age, an elderly man, is supported by a woman, Faith. Charles Willson Peale, the artist's father, served as a model for Old Age.

 

The court of death - original painting, by Rembrandt Peale, 1820.

 

Grim Reaper

From Oeuvre De Jean Holbein Ou Recueil De Gravures D’Après Ses Plus Beaux Ouvrages : Accompagnés D’Explications Historiques Et Critiques Et De La Vie De Ce Fameux Peintre. (Work of Jean Holbein or collection of engravings after his finest works: accompanied by explanations historical and critical and the life of this famous painter.) Published in 1780.

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O’Rourke, John. The History of the Great Irish Famine of 1847: With Notices of Earlier Irish Famines. Dublin: McGlashan and Gill; London: James Duffy, 1875.
Irish Collection, John J. Burns Library, Boston College

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