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Colored caricature print: stout men brawling indoors before green drapes, a maid raising a pan, and a skeleton leaning over an seated old woman at right.

The dance of death: the chamber war. Coloured aquatint after T. Rowlandson, 1816.

Hand-colored aquatint with an interior of green drapery, where a stout man in yellow breeches and a smaller man in blue grapple and raise their fists while a maid with a pan looms behind them. At right, a skeleton leans over an elderly woman in a chair, while a man at left brandishes a cane beside a window.

Artist
Thomas Rowlandson
Date
1816
Medium
Aquatints
Source
Wellcome Collection
Size
4000 × 2401 px
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Public domain · Wellcome Collection marks it Public Domain Mark; made by 1816.
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: La danza de la muerte: la guerra de la alcoba, aguatinta de Rowlandson, 1816

Aguatinta coloreada a mano con un interior de cortinas verdes, donde un hombre robusto de calzón amarillo y otro más bajo de casaca azul se agarran y levantan los puños, mientras una criada con sartén se cierne tras ellos. A la derecha, un esqueleto se inclina sobre una anciana sentada en una silla, mientras un hombre a la izquierda blande un bastón junto a una ventana.

Português: A dança da morte: a guerra do quarto, aquatinta de Rowlandson, 1816

Aquatinta colorida à mão com um interior de cortinas verdes, onde um homem robusto de calção amarelo e outro mais baixo de casaco azul se agarram e erguem os punhos, enquanto uma criada com uma frigideira se debruça atrás deles. À direita, um esqueleto se inclina sobre uma velha sentada numa cadeira, enquanto um homem à esquerda brande uma bengala ao lado de uma janela.

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