Pen and ink sketches on blue paper showing three scenes with a skeleton beside seated and standing figures, instruments and a globe.

Skeleton scenes in pen and ink on blue paper

Three loose pen-and-ink sketches on a strip of blue paper show a skeleton in separate scenes. At left, a skeleton stands beside a figure among instruments and a globe; at centre, it looms over seated figures at a table; at right, it stands near a cloaked figure. The hatched linework suggests a quick preparatory sketch.

Artist: Hablot Knight Browne
Date: [between 1800 and 1899]
Medium: Drawings
Source: Wellcome Collection
Size: 4000 × 1241 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

19th century sketch drawing blue paper pen and ink skeleton figures death satirical illustration phiz hablot knight browne