Macabre Collection

A scene of witchcraft. Plate 4 from: Scherzi di Fantasia (Sktches of Fantasy), 1743-50. The aged, central bearded figure, almost certainly a magician from his appearance

The Black Cat, for Edgar Allan Poes Selected Tales of Mystery, 1909
The Black Cat, for Edgar Allan Poes " Selected Tales of Mystery, " 1909, 1909

Dance of Death, leaf from The Nuremberg Chronicle, 1493. Creator: Michael Wolgemut
Dance of Death, leaf from The Nuremberg Chronicle, 1493

The Comedy of Death (La comedie de la mort), 1854. Creator: Rodolphe Bresdin
The Comedy of Death (La comedie de la mort), 1854

Judge Oscar O. Death, c. 1938. Creator: James McLellan
Judge Oscar O. Death, c. 1938

The Vision of Ezekiel; a group of corpses and skeletons emerging out of tombs, above them five winged putti holding a banderole, 1554

The vision of Ezekiel, with the dead rising and putting on their flesh, God the Father above in the sky, 1579

Glimpses of Old Newgate - Interior of Scaffold, c1900. Creator: Rotophot
Glimpses of Old Newgate - Interior of Scaffold, c1900. Newgate Prison, dating back to the 12th century, was originally located at the site of Newgate

The Hanging, c. 1633. Creator: Jacques Callot
The Hanging, c. 1633

Les Honnetes femmes;Conference, Poesies inedites d Henry Becque
Les Honnetes femmes; Conference, Poesies inedites d Henry Becque; La Parisienne, 1904. [The honest women; Conference, unedited poems by Henry Becque, in La Parisienne]

The Sculls of Lieut Leppar, & Six of his Men, 1793. Creator: William Blake
The Sculls of Lieut Leppar, & Six of his Men, 1793

Rich Man, from the Dance of Death, 1651. Creator: Wenceslaus Hollar
Rich Man, from the Dance of Death, 1651

The Knight, from the Dance of Death, 1651. Creator: Wenceslaus Hollar
The Knight, from the Dance of Death, 1651

The Merchant, from the Dance of Death, 1651. Creator: Wenceslaus Hollar
The Merchant, from the Dance of Death, 1651

The Child, from the Dance of Death, 1651. Creator: Wenceslaus Hollar
The Child, from the Dance of Death, 1651

The Pedlar, from the Dance of Death, 1651. Creator: Wenceslaus Hollar
The Pedlar, from the Dance of Death, 1651

The Gamesters, from the Dance of Death, 1651. Creator: Wenceslaus Hollar
The Gamesters, from the Dance of Death, 1651

The Miser, from the Dance of Death, 1651. Creator: Wenceslaus Hollar
The Miser, from the Dance of Death, 1651

The Nun, from the Dance of Death, 1651. Creator: Wenceslaus Hollar
The Nun, from the Dance of Death, 1651

The Count from the Dance of Death, 1651. Creator: Wenceslaus Hollar
The Count from the Dance of Death, 1651

The Emperor, from the Dance of Death, 1651. Creator: Wenceslaus Hollar
The Emperor, from the Dance of Death, 1651

The Abbess, from the Dance of Death, 1651. Creator: Wenceslaus Hollar
The Abbess, from the Dance of Death, 1651

The Monk, from the Dance of Death, 1651. Creator: Wenceslaus Hollar
The Monk, from the Dance of Death, 1651

Abbot, from the Dance of Death, 1651. Creator: Wenceslaus Hollar
Abbot, from the Dance of Death, 1651

Adam Ploughing from the Dance of Death, 1651. Creator: Wenceslaus Hollar
Adam Ploughing from the Dance of Death, 1651

Paradise Lost, from the Dance of Death, 1651. Creator: Wenceslaus Hollar
Paradise Lost, from the Dance of Death, 1651

Deaths coat of arms, from the Dance of Death, 1651. Creator: Wenceslaus Hollar
Deaths coat of arms, from the Dance of Death, 1651

Old man, from the Dance of Death, 1651. Creator: Wenceslaus Hollar
Old man, from the Dance of Death, 1651

Waggoner, from the Dance of Death, 1651. Creator: Wenceslaus Hollar
Waggoner, from the Dance of Death, 1651

Doctor, from the Dance of Death, 1651. Creator: Wenceslaus Hollar
Doctor, from the Dance of Death, 1651

Bride, from the Dance of Death, 1651. Creator: Wenceslaus Hollar
Bride, from the Dance of Death, 1651

Bridal pair, from the Dance of Death, 1651. Creator: Wenceslaus Hollar
Bridal pair, from the Dance of Death, 1651

Queen, from the Dance of Death, 1651. Creator: Wenceslaus Hollar
Queen, from the Dance of Death, 1651

Duke, from the Dance of Death, 1651. Creator: Wenceslaus Hollar
Duke, from the Dance of Death, 1651

Empress, from the Dance of Death, 1651. Creator: Wenceslaus Hollar
Empress, from the Dance of Death, 1651

Preacher, from the Dance of Death, 1651. Creator: Wenceslaus Hollar
Preacher, from the Dance of Death, 1651

Bishop, from the Dance of Death, 1651. Creator: Wenceslaus Hollar
Bishop, from the Dance of Death, 1651

Cardinal, from the Dance of Death, 1651. Creator: Wenceslaus Hollar
Cardinal, from the Dance of Death, 1651

Old woman, from the Dance of Death, 1651. Creator: Wenceslaus Hollar
Old woman, from the Dance of Death, 1651

Catacombs, Convento dei Cappucini, Palermo, ca. 1895. Creator: Eugenio Interguglielmi
Catacombs, Convento dei Cappucini, Palermo, ca. 1895

Les Chiens, 1875-80. Creator: Pierre-Louis Pierson
Les Chiens, 1875-80

Chamber in Cappuccini catacombs with earth from Palestine, Rome, c1909. Creator: Unknown
Chamber in Cappuccini catacombs with earth from Palestine, Rome, c1909. The Capuchin Catacombs in in Palermo, Sicily contain about 8000 corpses and 1252 mummies

They are Triumphant, c1871-c1872, (1965). Creator: Vasily Vereshchagin
They are Triumphant, c1871-c1872, (1965). Decapitated heads of Russians are displayed on poles in front of the Sher-dor Madrasah in Registan, Samarkand

Charles Baudelaire, 1863, (1939). Artist: Etienne Carjat
Charles Baudelaire, 1863, (1939). Charles Pierre Baudelaire (1821-1867), French Symbolist poet and art critic who was interested in satanism and the macabre. From Verve - Nos. 5-6, July-October 1939

Catacombs of the Capuchins, Palermo, Sicily, Italy, 1927. Artist: Eugen Poppel
Catacombs of the Capuchins, Palermo, Sicily, Italy, 1927. The Capuchins are an order of friars in the Catholic Church, among the chief off-shoots of the Franciscans

Coat of Arms with a Skull, 1503 (1906). Artist: Albrecht Durer
Coat of Arms with a Skull, 1503 (1906). From Durer Des Meisters Gemalde Kupferstiche und Holzschnitte in 471 Abbildungen [Stuttgart und Leipzig, Deutsch Verlags-Ansalt, 1906]

Charred bodies of the crew of a Zeppelin shot down over Billericay, Essex, World War I, 1916. Stereoscopic card. Detail

Impression of a body in the ground, Billericay, Essex, World War I, 1916. Artist: Realistic Travels Publishers
Impression of a body in the ground, Billericay, Essex, World War I, September 1916. Impression made by a member of the crew of a German Zeppelin shot down over the town who fell from the airship

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