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OLD FRIENDS MEET (Arch Dale cartoon)

OLD FRIENDS MEET (Arch Dale cartoon)

In preparation for the outbreak of the First World War, the embodiment of Death shakes hands with the personification of the "Armaments Trust", who is clutching order forms labeled "GERMANY", "FRANCE", and "RUS... More

Political-Dreamings! - Visions of Peace! - Perspective Horrors! (caricature) RMG PW3966

Political-Dreamings! - Visions of Peace! - Perspective Horrors! (caric...

Political-Dreamings! - Visions of Peace! - Perspective Horrors! (caricature) Hand-coloured. Explanation at https://www.princeton.edu/~graphicarts/2010/10/political_dreamings.html

Hans Burgkmair the elder - Lovers Surprised by Death - Google Art Project

Hans Burgkmair the elder - Lovers Surprised by Death - Google Art Proj...

Public domain image of print or drawing, symbolism or allegory, depicting saint, winged creature, Icarus, flying angel, religious figure, flight, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description

Herbert Cole Rubaiyat 06

Herbert Cole Rubaiyat 06

Illustration (1900-1901) by Herbert Cole for an edition of the Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam

Herbert Cole Rubaiyat 07

Herbert Cole Rubaiyat 07

Illustration (1900-1901) by Herbert Cole for an edition of the Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam

Herbert Cole Rubaiyat 12

Herbert Cole Rubaiyat 12

Illustration (1900-1901) by Herbert Cole for an edition of the Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam

Bodleian Libraries, A senatus consultum on- Bonaparte making his will before his invasion of England and conquest of the world

Bodleian Libraries, A senatus consultum on- Bonaparte making his will ...

Satire on the Peninsular war. (British political cartoon) Public domain scan of political cartoon, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Bodleian Libraries, Copy of the transparency exhibited at Ackermann's Repository of Arts, during the illuminations of the 5th and 6th of Nov

Bodleian Libraries, Copy of the transparency exhibited at Ackermann's ...

Satire on the Napoleonic wars. (British political cartoon) Public domain reproduction of political cartoon, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Bodleian Libraries, Politicaldreamings Visions of peace Perspective horrors

Bodleian Libraries, Politicaldreamings Visions of peace Perspective ho...

Satire on the Napoleonic wars. (British political cartoon)

Bodleian Libraries, Princely piety, or- the worshippers at Wanstead

Bodleian Libraries, Princely piety, or- the worshippers at Wanstead

Caricature of Napoleon I. (British political cartoon) St. George Conquering the Dragon is a popular subject in Christian art, representing the victory of good over evil. St. George is a Christian martyr who is... More

Svartedauen - no-nb digibok 2011111612002-12

Svartedauen - no-nb digibok 2011111612002-12

Norsk bokmål: Illustrasjon hentet fra boken Svartedauen av Kittelsen, Th. og utgitt av L.E. Tvedte (no, 1901)

Svartedauen - no-nb digibok 2011111612002-14

Svartedauen - no-nb digibok 2011111612002-14

Norsk bokmål: Illustrasjon hentet fra boken Svartedauen av Kittelsen, Th. og utgitt av L.E. Tvedte (no, 1901)

Svartedauen - no-nb digibok 2011111612002-19

Svartedauen - no-nb digibok 2011111612002-19

Norsk bokmål: Illustrasjon hentet fra boken Svartedauen av Kittelsen, Th. og utgitt av L.E. Tvedte (no, 1901)

Svartedauen - no-nb digibok 2011111612002-20

Svartedauen - no-nb digibok 2011111612002-20

Norsk bokmål: Illustrasjon hentet fra boken Svartedauen av Kittelsen, Th. og utgitt av L.E. Tvedte (no, 1901)

Svartedauen - no-nb digibok 2011111612002-22

Svartedauen - no-nb digibok 2011111612002-22

Norsk bokmål: Illustrasjon hentet fra boken Svartedauen av Kittelsen, Th. og utgitt av L.E. Tvedte (no, 1901)

Svartedauen - no-nb digibok 2011111612002-23

Svartedauen - no-nb digibok 2011111612002-23

Norsk bokmål: Illustrasjon hentet fra boken Svartedauen av Kittelsen, Th. og utgitt av L.E. Tvedte (no, 1901)

Svartedauen - no-nb digibok 2011111612002-39

Svartedauen - no-nb digibok 2011111612002-39

Norsk bokmål: Illustrasjon hentet fra boken Svartedauen av Kittelsen, Th. og utgitt av L.E. Tvedte (no, 1901)

Svartedauen - no-nb digibok 2011111612002-40

Svartedauen - no-nb digibok 2011111612002-40

Norsk bokmål: Illustrasjon hentet fra boken Svartedauen av Kittelsen, Th. og utgitt av L.E. Tvedte (no, 1901)

Bloktheatre - A picture of a woman in a red dress and a man in a black suit and a woman in a red dress and a man

Bloktheatre - A picture of a woman in a red dress and a man in a black...

Title page of Alexander Blok's book Theatre (1909) as designed by Konstantin Somov.

Adventures Into Darkness 1003 - Drawing. Public domain image.

Adventures Into Darkness 1003 - Drawing. Public domain image.

Adventures Into Darkness #10 Page 3 Public domain photograph of an advertising poster, advertisement, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Adventures Into Darkness 1005 - A comic strip with a green car and a man in a hoodie
Adventures Into Darkness 1006 - A comic book page with a man in a hat
Adventures Into Darkness 1007 - A comic book page with a skeleton in the background
Adventures Into Darkness 1008 - Egypt

Adventures Into Darkness 1008 - Egypt

Adventures Into Darkness #10 Page 8

Adventures Into Darkness 1009 - Egypt

Adventures Into Darkness 1009 - Egypt

Adventures Into Darkness #10 Page 9

Adventures Into Darkness 1010 - A comic book page with a picture of a man in a hat
Popular Detective August 1935

Popular Detective August 1935

Cover of the pulp magazine Popular Detective (August 1935, vol. 4, no. 1) featuring "Murder Money" by George Bruce.

Spicy Mystery Stories March 1936

Spicy Mystery Stories March 1936

Cover of the pulp magazine Spicy Mystery Stories (March 1936, vol. 2, no. 5) "Ghoul's Nightmare" by Ken Cooper.

Spicy Mystery Stories November 1936

Spicy Mystery Stories November 1936

Cover of the pulp magazine Spicy Mystery Stories (November 1936, vol. 4, no. 1) featuring "I Must Have 5 Corpses" by Robert Leslie Bellem.

Strange Fantasy 12 - A comic book cover with a man smoking a cigarette
Strange Mysteries covers

Strange Mysteries covers

This is the image of five covers of the comic book Strange Mysteries (4, 14, 6, 7 and 11 )

Terror Tales October 1934

Terror Tales October 1934

Cover of the pulp magazine Terror Tales (October 1934) featuring Village of the Dead by Wyatt Blasingame and Satan's Roadhouse by Carl Jacobi.

WW001 - A comic page with an image of a man being attacked by a woman

WW001 - A comic page with an image of a man being attacked by a woman

"The Weird Wager" from Out Of The Night number 9 (AGC, June 1953. After the superhero genre went into decline during the late 40s, publishers began experimenting with new genres, most notably crime and horror.

WW002 - A comic strip with a comic strip in the middle of it

WW002 - A comic strip with a comic strip in the middle of it

"The Weird Wager" from Out Of The Night number 9 (AGC, June 1953. After the superhero genre went into decline during the late 40s, publishers began experimenting with new genres, most notably crime and horror.

WW003 - A comic book page with a man in a boat

WW003 - A comic book page with a man in a boat

"The Weird Wager" from Out Of The Night number 9 (AGC, June 1953. After the superhero genre went into decline during the late 40s, publishers began experimenting with new genres, most notably crime and horror.

WW004 - A page from a comic book with an image of a skeleton

WW004 - A page from a comic book with an image of a skeleton

"The Weird Wager" from Out Of The Night number 9 (AGC, June 1953. After the superhero genre went into decline during the late 40s, publishers began experimenting with new genres, most notably crime and horror.

WW005 - A comic book page with a comic story

WW005 - A comic book page with a comic story

"The Weird Wager" from Out Of The Night number 9 (AGC, June 1953. After the superhero genre went into decline during the late 40s, publishers began experimenting with new genres, most notably crime and horror.

WW006 - A page from a comic book with an image of a man and woman

WW006 - A page from a comic book with an image of a man and woman

"The Weird Wager" from Out Of The Night number 9 (AGC, June 1953. After the superhero genre went into decline during the late 40s, publishers began experimenting with new genres, most notably crime and horror.

WW007 - A page from a comic book with a comic strip

WW007 - A page from a comic book with a comic strip

"The Weird Wager" from Out Of The Night number 9 (AGC, June 1953. After the superhero genre went into decline during the late 40s, publishers began experimenting with new genres, most notably crime and horror.

INF3-253 Anti-rumour and careless talk Never mention sailing dates

INF3-253 Anti-rumour and careless talk Never mention sailing dates

Picryl description: Public domain historical photo of Second World War, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

Skull with hat "Underseeboote Z17" detail, INF3-253 Anti-rumour and careless talk Never mention sailing dates (cropped)

Skull with hat "Underseeboote Z17" detail, INF3-253 Anti-rumour and ca...

Picryl description: Public domain historical photo of Second World War, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

"HUNGER" and "CAPITALISM" art drawn by Hahn - Notecracker - from, The Masses, Volume 1, Number 2 (page 14 crop)
Mors ultima linea rerum, Philips Galle

Mors ultima linea rerum, Philips Galle

Public domain photograph of human skeleton, death, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Wilhelm Oesterle Der Tod auf dem Schlachtfeld

Wilhelm Oesterle Der Tod auf dem Schlachtfeld

Der Tod auf dem Schlachtfeld. Bleistiftzeichnung, 22 x 29 cm, 1923

Theodor Kittelsen - She covers the whole country - NG.K&H.B.00061 - National Museum of Art, Architecture and Design
Theodor Kittelsen - Musstad - NG.K&H.1982.0029 - National Museum of Art, Architecture and Design
Theodor Kittelsen - She Covers the Whole Country - NG.K&H.1982.0024 - National Museum of Art, Architecture and Design
Edinorodniy syn detail - Public domain dedication image

Edinorodniy syn detail - Public domain dedication image

Единородный сын. "The only begotten Son of God" Public domain photograph of Russian icon, Orthodox, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

A. Scheiner - Zlatovláska, ilustrace - str. 117

A. Scheiner - Zlatovláska, ilustrace - str. 117

Čeština: Ilustrace Artuše Scheinera k pohádkám K. J. Erbena, sken reprodukce z roku 1974, str. 117

A. Scheiner - Zlatovláska, ilustrace - str. 121

A. Scheiner - Zlatovláska, ilustrace - str. 121

Čeština: Ilustrace Artuše Scheinera k pohádkám K. J. Erbena, sken reprodukce z roku 1974, str. 121

Caricature, Призрак большевизма, public domain cartoon image

Caricature, Призрак большевизма, public domain cartoon image

Русский: Обложка буклета выставки "GROSSE ANTIBOLSCHEWISTISCHE AUSSTELLUNG", 1937, Германия, Бавария, Нюрнберг. Подготовлен Министерством Пропаганды

Trotsky on a Polish poster of 1920

Trotsky on a Polish poster of 1920

Trotsky depicted by Polish propaganda as a blood-soaked Bolshevik during the Polish-Russian war of 1920

Narbut Allegory 1914 - A painting of a skeleton on a surfboard

Narbut Allegory 1914 - A painting of a skeleton on a surfboard

H. I. Narbut. Allegory "1914" (fragment). Русский: Г. И. Нарбут. Аллегория «1914 год» (фрагмент).

La Mort conduisant un régiment, par And. Gill (La Rue, 1867-11-02)

La Mort conduisant un régiment, par And. Gill (La Rue, 1867-11-02)

Français : La Mort conduisant un régiment. Public domain photograph of French cartoon, caricature, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Shunsen Shinigami 19th century Japan. Public domain image.

Shunsen Shinigami 19th century Japan. Public domain image.

Shinigami (死神, The Japanese Grim Reaper) from the Ehon Hyaku monogatari (絵本百物語)

Neque Illic Mortuus, inside of Santa Maria del Popolo, Rome, Italy

Neque Illic Mortuus, inside of Santa Maria del Popolo, Rome, Italy

"Neque illic Mortuus", lower part of monument to Giovani Baptista Gisleni (1670) in the Basilica of Santa Maria del Popolo, Rome, Italy. Français : "Neque illic Mortuus", partie inférieure du monument funérai... More

Boye Alienor - A black and white drawing of a woman being pulled by a man

Boye Alienor - A black and white drawing of a woman being pulled by a ...

Svenska: Teckning av Karin Boye då hon var 16-18 år gammal. Den är ett uttryck för hennes dödsdrift. Karin Boye har kallat den Alienor. Det latinska ordet kan tolkas ungefär som "jag tvingas av en främmande makt."

Błazen i Śmierć - Drawing. Public domain image.

Błazen i Śmierć - Drawing. Public domain image.

Polski: Błazen i Śmierć. Ilustracja do wiersza Dmitrija Mereżkowskiego "Pieśń błazna". English: The Jester and the Death.

Death and the loving couple - Drawing. Public domain image.

Death and the loving couple - Drawing. Public domain image.

Death and the loving couple. From Dance macabre, by Hans Holbein the younger.

Death and the merchant - Public domain dedication image

Death and the merchant - Public domain dedication image

Death and the merchant. From Dance Macabre, by Hans Holbein the younger.

Death and the physician

Death and the physician

Death and the physician. From Dance Macabre, by Hans Holbein the younger.

King alcohol - A black and white drawing of a man holding a flag
16th Special Operations Squadron

16th Special Operations Squadron

16th Special Operations Squadron emblem Public domain photograph - military emblem, badge, insignia, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

561st Fighter-Day Squadron - Emblem

561st Fighter-Day Squadron - Emblem

561st Fighter-Day Squadron - Emblem

Cordial de l'ànima. La Mort

Cordial de l'ànima. La Mort

Català: Gravat xilogràfic que il·lustra la traducció valenciana del Cordiale quattuor novissimorum realitzada per Bernadí Vallmanya sobre la traducció castellana de Gonzalo García de Santa María i impresa a Va... More

Revere Wicked Statesman

Revere Wicked Statesman

Political cartoon: "The wicked Statesman, or the Traitor to his Country, at the Hour of Deat[h]". Massachusetts royal governor Thomas Hutchinson is attacked by Death, who is accompanied by a devil carrying a s... More

Rudolf Schiestl (1878-1931) - Tod von Basel

Rudolf Schiestl (1878-1931) - Tod von Basel

Aus: Rudolf Schiestl:Der Tod von Basel. Acht Holzschnitte zu dem alten Volksliede. Berlin, Heyder, o.J. (ca. 1910). Quer-4°. 600 Exemplare. Der erste Originalholzschnitt vom Künstler signiert. Der Druck erfolgt... More

Christian Griepenkerl - Abschied - 1897

Christian Griepenkerl - Abschied - 1897

Public domain reproduction of artwork, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Tot und lebendig - A painting of a woman holding a skeleton

Tot und lebendig - A painting of a woman holding a skeleton

Deutsch: Memento Mori. Das Spruchband über der Figur sagt: Gedenck Mensch sich wer Du bist/Wie ungleich Dott und Lebendig ist Süddeutsche Schule des 18. Jahrhunderts, Öl auf Leinwand, 46 x 38,2 cm

Jean Charles Baquoy - Oudry La mort et le malheureux

Jean Charles Baquoy - Oudry La mort et le malheureux

Deutsch: Illustration zu Fable XV: La mort et le malheureux aus: Jean de La Fontaine: Fables choisis, mises en vers. Paris 1755-59. Illustrationen: Entwurf von Jean-Baptiste Oudry; Umzeichnung von Charles-Nico... More

Jefferson Davis Inauguration Cartoon

Jefferson Davis Inauguration Cartoon

Political cartoon satirizing the inauguration of Jefferson Davis as President of the Confederate States of America. From Harper's Weekly, 8 March 1862. Davis is caricatured as a crowned skeletal personificatio... More

Hans Thoma Liebespaar mit Amor und Tod

Hans Thoma Liebespaar mit Amor und Tod

Deutsch: Liebespaar mit Amor und Tod. Öl auf dünnem strukturiertem Karton, auf festen Karton aufgelegt. 24,8 x 23,8 cm. Monogrammiert und datiert 1876 unten rechts.

Joseph Sattler, Die Grenze - Drawing. Public domain image.

Joseph Sattler, Die Grenze - Drawing. Public domain image.

The Border (or The Limit) Français : La Frontière ( ou La Limite ) Crayon, lavis de gouache et aquarelle sur papier vélin Don de l’artiste en 1920

Caricature, Hinko Smrekar - Svet je takšen, public domain cartoon image

Caricature, Hinko Smrekar - Svet je takšen, public domain cartoon imag...

Public domain photograph of vintage postcard, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Hans Sebald Beham - Mulher acompanhada da Morte

Hans Sebald Beham - Mulher acompanhada da Morte

Public domain reproduction of art print, 15th-16th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

"HOME SUPPLY" "WHEAT RESERVE" "HOME GROWN CORN FOR THE PEOPLE" "FAMINE" "DEPENDENCE ON FOREIGN SUPPLY" "MONOPOLY OF THE MEANS OF LIFE" 1898 art, - The art of Walter Grane (page 212 crop)

"HOME SUPPLY" "WHEAT RESERVE" "HOME GROWN CORN FOR THE PEOPLE" "FAMINE...

Этот файл загружен Центральной универсальной научной библиотекой имени Н. А. Некрасовав рамках конкурса «Открытая библиотека» The art of Walter Grane Язык: русский.

Карикатура из дореволюционного журнала (3)

Карикатура из дореволюционного журнала (3)

Русский: Карикатура из дореволюционного журнала Public domain photograph related to the history of Russia, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Taby kyrka Death playing chess

Taby kyrka Death playing chess

Public domain photograph of medieval style art, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Hans von Faber du Faur Der Tod reitet

Hans von Faber du Faur Der Tod reitet

Deutsch: Der Tod reitet. Verso Nachlaßstempel. Vorläufiges Wvz. Nr. 18. Öl/Ktn. 70 x 88 cm

The Illustrated Police News - 8 december 1888 - Opening the door to admit death

The Illustrated Police News - 8 december 1888 - Opening the door to ad...

"East End Horrors. Opening the door to admit death ". Mary Jane Kelly and Jack the Ripper (depicted as a manifestation of Death, with a grinning skull for a head) in The Illustrated Police News, 8 December 1888.

Miranda de Ebro - graffiti 55

Miranda de Ebro - graffiti 55

Español: Graffiti en Miranda de Ebro (Burgos)

Rops - Todesküsse - A black and white drawing of a woman and a bird
Theodor Kittelsen painting2. A black and white drawing of a person in a boat Norway

Theodor Kittelsen painting2. A black and white drawing of a person in ...

Public domain photograph of attic, house frame, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Urs Graf Reislaeufer 1 - A black and white drawing of a man on a horse

Urs Graf Reislaeufer 1 - A black and white drawing of a man on a horse

Deutsch: Eidgenössische Reisläufer und Dirne, 1524English: Swiss Mercenary and prostitute, 1524

Urs Graf Werbung - A black and white drawing of a group of people

Urs Graf Werbung - A black and white drawing of a group of people

Deutsch: Die Werbung eines Landsknechts in einer Zunftstube. Am unteren Ende der Tafel in der Zunftstube sitzt ein französischer Werber, am oberen Ende, rittlings sitzt der Landsknecht. In der Mitte verfolgt e... More

Wheel-of-fortune-time-death-bnf-fr-1358

Wheel-of-fortune-time-death-bnf-fr-1358

An elaborate Wheel of Fortune allegory. Fortuna's wheel is turned by Time, while Death takes the figure at the bottom of the wheel. A ranks of mankind, including the pope and other religious figures as well as... More

'Edgard Poë et ses oeuvres' by Lix and Dargent 6

'Edgard Poë et ses oeuvres' by Lix and Dargent 6

An illustration from Jules Verne's essay "Edgard Poë et ses oeuvres" (Edgar Poe and his Works,1862) drawn by Frederic Lix or Yan' Dargent. Polski: Ilustracja artykułu Juliusza Verne'a "Edgard Poë et ses oeuvr... More

Albrecht Dürer - Death and the Landsknecht - WGA7168

Albrecht Dürer - Death and the Landsknecht - WGA7168

Public domain photo of German painting, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Félicien Rops - Parodie humaine
Gustave Doré - Death on the Pale Horse (1865)

Gustave Doré - Death on the Pale Horse (1865)

This work is linked to Revelation 6:8 "The Lamb of God opens the seven seals of a book "written within and on the backside". After the opening of the fourth seal, Death rides into the world. He is the fourth k... More

Theodor Kittelsen - Pesta i trappen, 1896 (Pesta on the Stairs)

Theodor Kittelsen - Pesta i trappen, 1896 (Pesta on the Stairs)

Public domain photograph of stairs, steps, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Wheel-of-life-mother-nature-forrer-french-c1400

Wheel-of-life-mother-nature-forrer-french-c1400

This pen drawing on parchment, 69.0 cm x 56.5 cm (27.2 in x 22.2 in), has verses in Old French and was formerly in the collection of Robert Forrer. It was auctioned in 1911 but its current location is unknown.... More

Wheel-of-life-la-roe-de-mere-nature-forrer-c1400

Wheel-of-life-la-roe-de-mere-nature-forrer-c1400

This pen drawing on parchment, 69.0 cm x 56.5 cm (27.2 in x 22.2 in), has verses in Old French and was formerly in the collection of Robert Forrer. It was auctioned in 1911 but its current location is unknown.... More

Adolf Menzel Death Visitor - Drawing. Public domain image.

Adolf Menzel Death Visitor - Drawing. Public domain image.

Adolph Menzel, "Death Visitor"; 1844/1845. Watercolor and gouache.

Black death XV - A painting of a man in a bed surrounded by other people

Black death XV - A painting of a man in a bed surrounded by other peop...

Italiano: Peste nera in una miniatura del XV secolo Public domain photograph of medieval or early renaissance painting, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Rodrigo de Valdepeñas (1560) Glosa a las Coplas de Jorge Manrique y otros versos

Rodrigo de Valdepeñas (1560) Glosa a las Coplas de Jorge Manrique y ot...

Español: Portada de la "Glosa a las Coplas de Jorge Manrique y otros versos". Edición de 1560, impreso en Alcalá de Henares por Juan de Brocar.

Ausschnitt 23 674734Y 001

Ausschnitt 23 674734Y 001

Warhafftiger vnd Eygentlicher Bericht vom Stamm vnd Ankunfft der kleinen Männlein / auch wie sie allezeit die Hoffertigsten und Zornigsten Leutlein seind. [S.l.]

Coplas jm - Public domain dedication image

Coplas jm - Public domain dedication image

Public domain reproduction of illuminated manuscript page, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Edmund J Sullivan Illustrations to The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam First Version Quatrain-021

Edmund J Sullivan Illustrations to The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam First ...

This is a quatrain illustration by Edmund J. Sullivan to the Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam, First Version (translated by Edward Fitzgerald).

Edmund J Sullivan Illustrations to The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam First Version Quatrain-022

Edmund J Sullivan Illustrations to The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam First ...

This is a quatrain illustration by Edmund J. Sullivan to the Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam, First Version (translated by Edward Fitzgerald).

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