All Resolutions
That bids you close your pantomime.
(P. 238.)
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(s):
- Combe, William
- Publisher:
- London: R. Ackermann, 1815
- Open Library:
- View record
Description
Death stands on a beach and, hiding his javelin behind his back, holds an hourglass in front of a horror-struck Pierrot, interrupting his tomfoolery with Pantaloon and Pulcinella while in the background, Columbine and Harlequin dance away toward the water.
Keywords: 1810s, 19th century, color, death, eerie, performance, seafront
