The Death Blow

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Having knocked out and fatally injured his opponent, a bare-knuckle boxer has to fight Death itself

How vain are all your triumphs past,
For this set-to will be your last.

(facing p. 205.)

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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Having knocked out and fatally injured his opponent still lying on the ground, a bare-knuckle boxer now has to fight a defiant Death as the scared audience rushes away from the scene.

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