The Doctor Dismissing Death

Various artists/makers

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A skeleton, representing death, enters through a window at left, while a doctor points a syringe at him at right. The patient is seated next to the doctor, holding up a spoon to protect him from the advance of Death.

The Doctor Dismissing Death, Etched by Peter Simon (British, London ca. 1764–1813 Paris), Hand-colored etching and aquatint

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