The Court of Death
All Resolutions
Description:
A crowned skeleton symbolizing Death sits on a throne made of bones and addresses a group of sickly and crippled men in an admonishing manner.
The circular defect in the upper left part probably is an indication that the woodblock was mended. This was done, provided the damage didn’t involve too broad an area, by drilling a hole through the woodblock, fitting in and adjusting a peg, and engraving that new round surface to match the surrounding line patterns.