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Colour lithograph of a seated skeleton in a cap and waistcoat, smoking a pipe and holding a beer mug at a table, with calendar pages behind.

A skeleton smoking a pipe and drinking beer. Colour lithograph by L. Crusius, 1899.

A skeleton dressed in a flat cap, white shirt and striped waistcoat sits on a wooden chair at a small table, holding a pipe and a tankard of beer. Calendar sheets for May and June hang on a painted blue-green backdrop, with the title and year printed at the top. The colour lithograph is signed at right.

Artist
Crusius, L., active 1898-1900.
Date
1899 1899
Medium
Calendars Lithographs
Source
Wellcome Collection
Size
2806 × 4000 px
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Public domain · Wellcome Collection marks it Public Domain Mark; made by 1899.
Rights checked 2026-11-05 · tier A · as stated by the source: Public Domain Mark (Wellcome Collection)

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Wellcome Collection

Español: Esqueleto fumando en pipa y bebiendo cerveza, calendario de 1899

Un esqueleto vestido con gorra plana, camisa blanca y chaleco a rayas está sentado en una silla de madera junto a una mesa pequeña, sosteniendo una pipa y una jarra de cerveza. Detrás aparecen hojas de calendario de mayo y junio sobre un fondo pintado en azul verdoso. La litografía en color está firmada a la derecha.

Português: Esqueleto fumando cachimbo e bebendo cerveja, calendário de 1899

Um esqueleto vestido com boné, camisa branca e colete listrado está sentado em uma cadeira de madeira diante de uma mesa pequena, segurando um cachimbo e uma caneca de cerveja. Ao fundo, folhas de calendário de maio e junho aparecem sobre um fundo pintado em azul-esverdeado. A litografia colorida está assinada à direita.

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