Skeleton Collection (page 8)

One, Two, Three, and Under, 1897. Creator: John Leech
One, Two, Three, and Under, 1897. Satire on the English Civil Wars (1642-1648) - a skeleton and Oliver Cromwell (1599-1658), with bulbous nose, having a sword fight

Frontispiece from The English Dance of Death, pub. 1815 (coloured engraving), 1815

Ballade of Dead Actors, 1886. Artist: Elihu Vedder
Ballade of Dead Actors, 1886. Poem by William Ernest Henley. From The Magazine of Art. [Cassell & Company, London, 1886]

The Lawyers Last Circuit. c1800. A damned lawyer riding a horse backwards on his way to Hell, accompanied by the Four Riders of the Apocalypse, with a quotation from Hamlet

Animal skeletons at the Royal College of Surgeons, Westminster, London, 1911
Animal skeletons at museum room 4, Hunterian Museum, Royal College of Surgeons, Lincolns Inn Fields, Westminster, London, 1911

Skeleton of boy found in the vault at St Botolph, Aldgate, London, 1742
Skeleton of boy about 12 years old, found in the vault under St Botolph, Aldgate in London, 1742. With account of finding of body below

The Reward of Cruelty, plate IV from The Four Stages of Cruelty, 1833. Artist
The Reward of Cruelty, plate IV from The Four Stages of Cruelty, 1833; showing Tom Nero, having been hanged for murder and undergoing dissection theatre

Animal skeletons at the Hunterian Museum, Lincolns Inn Fields, Holborn, London, c1820. Interior of the Hunterian Museum, Royal College of Surgeons, with a group of figures looking at the exhibits

View of exterior of building and anatomical theatre inside, c1662. Possibly Barber Surgeons Hall

Fleet River, London, 1851. Artist: John Wykeham Archer
Interior of the Fleet Ditch at the back of Field Lane, London, 1851; showing a man holding a ladder, behind him lies part of a mammals skeleton

The Reward of Cruelty, plate IV from The Four Stages of Cruelty, 1751. Tom Nero, having been hanged for murder is undergoing dissection theatre

Death or Liberty! Or Britannia & the Virtues of the Constitution in danger of Violation from the Great Political Libertine, Radical Reform!, pub. 1819 (hand coloured etching)

A Design for an Album, 1835
A Design for an Album, pub. 1835 (hand coloured engraving)

Calavera Tapatia, 1910
Calavera Tapatia, pub. 1910 (printed matter)

Frontispiece and Titlepage of The Conjurors Magazine, 1792
Frontispiece and Titlepage of The Conjurors Magazine, pub. 1792 (b/w photo)

Louis Bleriot sitting in his monopolane, c. 1920
Louis Ble riot (1872 – 1936) sitting in his monopolane, c. 1920 (b/w photo)

The Moment of Reflection or a Tale for Future Times, 1796
The Moment of Reflection or a Tale for Future Times, pub. 1796 (hand coloured etching)

To Your Health, Civilisation!, 1916. Artist: Louis Raemaekers
To Your Health, Civilisation!, 1916. Plate 72 from The Great War: A Neutrals Indictment by Louis Raemaekers. The Dutch graphic artist Louis Raemaekers (1869-1956)

I have a secret art to cure / Each malady which men endure, 1814
I have a secret art to cure/ Each malady which men endure, 1814. Scene in an apothecarys shop. From the English Dance of Death, 1814

Crouched Burial in Round Tumulus on Dunstable Downs, 1887, (1946). Artist: Worthington G Smith
Crouched Burial in Round Tumulus on Dunstable Downs, 1887, (1946). From Early Britain, by Jacquetta Hawkes [Collins, London, 1946]

Head of a Deer, c16th century, (1904). From James I. and VI, by T. F. Henderson. [Goupil & Co. Paris, Edinburgh, New York, London, 1904]

The Facts in the Case of M. Valdemar. 1923. The Facts in the Case of M. Valdemar is a short story by American author Edgar Allan Poe about a mesmerist who puts a man in a suspended hypnotic state at

The knight, the young girl and the Death, c1510, (1939). Artist: Hans Baldung
The knight, the young girl and the Death, c1510, (1939). The painting is housed in the Musee du Louvre, Paris, France. From Verve - Nos. 5-6, July-October 1939. [Verve, France, 1939]

Measurement is Science, 1879, (c1915). Artist: Henry Stacy Marks
Measurement is Science, 1879, (c1915). Held at the Royal Academy, London. From Famous Pictures of the World, c1900

Flints Pointer, c1910, (1934). Artist: Monro Scott Orr
Flints Pointer, c1910, (1934). Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson (1850-1894), first published in 1883. An illustrated scene of Captain Flint. From The Bookman - Special Christmas Number 1934

Skeleton of the Mylodon Darwinii, c1885, (1890). Artist: Robert Taylor Pritchett
Skeleton of the Mylodon Darwinii, c1885, (1890). From Journal of Researchers into the Natural History and Geology of the Countries Visited during the Voyage of H.M.S

Skeleton of the Megatherium, c1885, (1890). Artist: Robert Taylor Pritchett
Skeleton of the Megatherium, c1885, (1890). From Journal of Researchers into the Natural History and Geology of the Countries Visited during the Voyage of H.M.S

Drawings of a Left Leg Showing Bones and Tendons, c1480 (1945). Artist: Leonardo da Vinci
Drawings of a Left Leg Showing Bones and Tendons, c1480 (1945). From The Drawings of Leonardo da Vinci. [Reynal & Hitchcock, New York, 1945]

Study of the Back View of a Skeleton, Showing the Tendons of the Neck, c1480 (1945). Artist: Leonardo da Vinci
Study of the Back View of a Skeleton, Showing the Tendons of the Neck, c1480 (1945). From The Drawings of Leonardo da Vinci. [Reynal & Hitchcock, New York, 1945]

The Unmasking of Envy, c1480 (1945). Artist: Leonardo da Vinci
The Unmasking of Envy, c1480 (1945). From The Drawings of Leonardo da Vinci. [Reynal & Hitchcock, New York, 1945]

Death the Wooer, c1895, (1923). Artist: Alphonse Legros
Death the Wooer, c1895, (1923). From The Studio Volume 84. [London Offices of the Studio, London, 1923]

A word from Lord Northesk I Bank On Booths At Every Turn, c1935 (1935). David Ludovic George Hopetoun Carnegie, 11th Earl of Northesk (1901-1963), Scottish representative peer

The Retreat from Moscow, 1911, (1918). Artist: Stephen Baghot De La Bere
The Retreat from Moscow, 1911, (1918). Painting held at the Lady Lever Art Gallery, Liverpool. From Bibbys Annual 1918, edited by Joseph Bibby. [The Priory Publishing Press, Liverpool, 1917]

Mr Heatherley?s Holiday: An Incident in Studio Life, c1874. Artist: Emery Walker
Mr. Heatherleys Holiday, c1874. After Samuel Butler (1835?1902)

The Modern Dance of Death, c1895. Artist: Joseph Kaspar Sattler
The Modern Dance of Death, c1895. From The Studio Volume 4. [London Offices of the Studio, London, 1894]

A Maker of Modelling Tools, c20th century (1914-1915). Artist: Charles Sargeant Jagger
A Maker of Modelling Tools, c20th century (1914-1915). From The Studio Volume 63. [The Offices of the Studio, London, 1914-1915]

The Knight and Death, 1538, (1917). Artist: Hans Holbein the Younger
The Knight and Death, 1538. The Knight and Death from Holbeins Dance of Death. The Dance of Death is the most famous series of woodcuts designed by Hans Holbein the Younger (c1497-1543)

Any More Orders To-Day, Sire?, c1916. A satirical cartoon of Kaiser Wilhelm II (1859-1941). From The Connoisseur Vol XLIV by [Otto Limited, London, 1916.]

Le Rois Amuse, 1910, (1924). Artist: Edmund Joseph Sullivan
Le Rois Amuse, 1910. Illustration to The French Revolution: A History by Thomas Carlyle (1795-1881). From The Studio Volume 88 [London Offices of the Studio, London, 1924.]

Brontosaurus skeleton, American Museum of Natural History, New York, USA, early 20th century(?)

Printworkers harrassed by skeletons, 1499 (1956). From A Dance With Death. A print from Things, a volume about the origin and early history of many things, common and less common

Illustration from Francis Quarles Emblems, 1895. Emblems was a work by the English poet Francis Quarles, first published in 1635

Rear view of a skeleton showing the sinews of the neck, late 15th or early 16th century (1954). Found in the collection of the Royal Library, Windsor Castle, Windsor

Study of human bones, late 15th or 16th century (1954). Artist: Leonardo da Vinci
Study of human bones, late 15th or 16th century (1954). Found in the collection of the Royal Library, Windsor Castle, Windsor, 19004r. A print from Leonardo da Vinci by Ludwig H Heydenreich

Anatomy of a horse, 19th century. Artist: Archibald Webb
Anatomy of a horse, 19th century

The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse, 1498, (1936). Artist: Albrecht Durer
The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse, 1498, (1936). The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse, Death, Famine, Pestilence and War, from the Apocalypse or The Revelations of St. John the Divine

X-ray photograph of a hand, 1926. Also featured is an inset of Wilhelm Rontgen (1845-1913) who discovered x-rays in 1895. From An Outline of Christianity, The Story of Our Civilisation

Study for the child in the Dance of Death, 1913. Artist: Hans Holbein the Younger
Study for the child in the Dance of Death, 1913. A print from The Art of the Great Masters, by Frederic Lees, Sampson Low, Marston and Co, London, 1913

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