Death and Doctor Hornbook

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A man walks on a country road at night and meets death round the bend

Death and Doctor Hornbook.

Artist

Name:: Hole, William
Dates:: 1846-1917
Country:: UK

Illustration

Subject:: Narratives
Technique:: Etching
Format:: Portrait (taller)
Source:: Robarts Library, the Internet Archive

Book

Title:: The poetry of Robert Burns, vol. 1
Author:: Burns, Robert
Publisher:: Edinburgh: T.C. and E.C. Jack, 1896
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Description:

A man walks on a country road at night and meets death round the bend, in the shape of a half-veiled skeleton with a scythe and a pitchfork.

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