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Initial letter C with skeletons bringing down a king.
After Hans Holbein's set of alphabet letters of 1524
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Title: Dance of Death Initial "C" (from series A-F)
Etcher:
Wenceslaus Hollar (Bohemian, Prague 1607–1677 London)
Artist:
After Hans Holbein the Younger (German, Augsburg 1497/98–1543 London)
Author:
Illustrates John Lydgate (British, 1371–1451)
Author:
Associated author Sir William Dugdale (British, 1605–1686)
Date: 1651
Medium: Etching; only state
Dimensions:
Sheet: 1 1/8 × 1 1/8 in. (2.8 × 2.8 cm)
each of the six initials have been cut into individual squares
Classification: Prints
Credit Line: Rogers Fund, 1920
Accession Number: 20.81.1.12
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