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Hand-coloured allegorical print with winged old man holding a scroll, a skeleton, a torch-bearing figure, a crowd, steamships and a columned building.

Astronomy: various apocalyptic scenes, including a mob by the Palace of Westminster [?], a mob being addressed by an orator in the City of London, and a paddle-steamer blowing up. Coloured lithograph, [c.1844?].

A hand-coloured print of an allegorical scene: a winged, bearded old man with a scythe and a scroll stands beside a skeleton, while a muscular figure holds a torch near a shield. Behind them, a crowd, steamships, cattle and a columned building fill the landscape beneath zodiac signs and a dated scroll.

Artist
Unknown
Date
1841
Medium
Lithographs
Source
Wellcome Collection
Size
4000 × 3088 px
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Public domain · Wellcome Collection marks it Public Domain Mark; made by 1841.
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: Escena alegórica apocalíptica con el Tiempo, la Muerte y vapores

Una estampa coloreada a mano con una escena alegórica: un anciano barbado y alado con una guadaña y un pergamino está junto a un esqueleto, mientras una figura musculosa sostiene una antorcha cerca de un escudo. Detrás, una multitud, barcos de vapor, ganado y un edificio con columnas llenan el paisaje bajo signos del zodiaco y un pergamino fechado.

Português: Cena alegórica apocalíptica com o Tempo, a Morte e navios a vapor

Uma gravura colorida à mão com uma cena alegórica: um velho barbudo e alado, com uma foice e um pergaminho, está ao lado de um esqueleto, enquanto uma figura musculosa segura uma tocha perto de um escudo. Atrás deles, uma multidão, navios a vapor, gado e um edifício com colunas preenchem a paisagem sob signos do zodíaco e um pergaminho datado.

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