The Skaters

All Resolutions

Death skates on a lake, struggling to keep his balance as people around him fall through the ice

On the frail ice, the whirring skate
Becomes an instrument of Fate.

(facing p. 283.)

Artist

Name:: Rowlandson, Thomas
Dates:: 1756-1827
Country:: UK

Illustration

Subject:: Humor
Technique:: Etching
Format:: Landscape (wider)
Source:: The Getty Research Institute, The Internet Archive

Book

Title:: The English dance of death, vol. 1
Author:: Combe, William
Publisher:: London: R. Ackermann, 1815
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Death is skating on a frozen lake, seemingly struggling to keep his balance as he holds on to his javelin and hourglass, while people around him fall down and through the breaking ice into the cold water.

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