Skeletons Collection (#2)

Pitt Rivers Museum, Oxford
England, Oxford, Pitt Rivers Museum interior gallery and collection

Catrina, day of the Dead festivities, La Paz, Baja California Sur, Mexico

Dead trees in Deadvlei, Namibia Dead trees in Deadvlei, Namibia

Catrina portrait
Ignacio Arcas

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Velibor Baco

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Velibor Baco

Memento Mori
Francis Minoza

Skull
Akin Durodola

Posada, skeletons of tradesmen
Posada endpapers, skeletons of tradesmen, including a tailor, a shoemaker, a hat maker, a carpenter, and a bill sticker. Date: circa 1910s

Posada, Calavera of the Female Dandy, Mexico
Calavera of the Female Dandy, Mexico. circa 1910s

Calavera Mexico 1900s Death Skull Bones Mexican
calavera, mexico, 1900s, death, skull, bones, mexican, face, skulls, teeth, morbid, macabre, head, dead, hat, dark, humour, spear, armour, don, horse, horses, horseback, flying, skeleton, skeletons

Mexico 1860s Mexican Comic Humour Death Macabre
mexico, 1860s, mexican, comic, humour, death, macabre, morbid, calavera, skeletons, skeleton, skull, skulls, satire, satirical, sword, uniform, soldier, soldiers, military, battle, war, intervention

Calavera of the Purring Cat, Mexico. Date: circa 1900s

Mexico 1900s 1890s Mexican Comic Humour Death
mexico, 1900s, 1890s, mexican, comic, humour, death, macabre, morbid, calavera, skeletons, skeleton, skull, skulls, satire, satirical, artists, artisans, artist, artisan, play, playing, music

Calavera of the Newspapers, Mexico -- skeletons on bicycles. Date: circa 1900s

The Triumph of Death, by Pieter Bruegel the Elder
Pieter Bruegel the Elder (circa 1525?1569), Flemish Renaissance painter. The Triumph of Death. Oil on panel. Museo del Prado. Madrid. Spain. Date: 1562

POSADA, Jos頇uadalupe (1852-1913). La calavera del editor popular Antonio Vanegas Arroyo (The calavera of popular editor Antonio Vanegas Arroyo)

A physician, his patient, a coffin and two skeletons
Frontispiece of Robert Poole's A physical vade mecum (1741). Depicting a physician, his patient acoffin and two skeletons

Broken Mass grave at Skiathos, Greece
An incredible photograph of a large broken stone mortuary monument with the contents (many skeletons) spilling forth Date: circa 1910s

The Triumph of Death (detail), by Pieter Bruegel the Elder
Pieter Bruegel The Elder, called Peasant Bruegel (1525-1569). The Triumph of Death (detail). Date: circa 1562

SCHOOL FOR SKELETONS
A bizarre school for skeletons, with two skeletons playing a piano duet, one skeleton dunce on a chair in the corner and another skeleton carrying a basket! Date: early 1930s

CHAPEL OF DEATH
The macabre Chapel of the Church of Death, decorated with skeletons and skulls. Is this an actual place, or a surreal fantasy ? Date: circa 1820

VENEZUELA SKELETONS
Among the peoples of the Oronoko region, the custom is to expose the dead till they are reduced to skeletons, which are then hung in a sacred building Date: 1737

French satire on Otto von Bismarck with grim reaper 1892
Otto Eduard Leopold Bismarck(1815-1898), Prussian statesman and first chancellor of the German Empire. Depicted here in a French satire entitled "L'Aveu"

LAST COUPLE ON EARTH
The last couple on Earth freeze to death in a new Ice Age. Date:

The Invisible Man, book cover
The Invisible Man. Cover illustration to an early French edition

The skeletons of Charles Byrne, 1761-1783, "The Irish Giant" right and on the left Caroline Crachami, c
745810 The skeletons of Charles Byrne, 1761-1783, "The Irish Giant" right and on the left Caroline Crachami, c.1815--1824, "The Sicilian Dwarf"

The Phantom Ship The Marlborough discovered near Cape Horn, from Le Petit Journal, 19th October 1913 (colour litho)
CHT182658 The Phantom Ship The Marlborough discovered near Cape Horn, from Le Petit Journal, 19th October 1913 (colour litho) by French School

Cabo San Lucas, Mexico. Dia de los Muertos skeletons. Date: 29-10-2020

Mexican Catrina
Ignacio Arcas

A Wonderful Bird-Like Reptile (b/w photo)
1628157 A Wonderful Bird-Like Reptile (b/w photo) by Woodward, Alice Bolingbroke (1862-1951) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: A Wonderful Bird-Like Reptile)

Village of Eyvango, near Abomey; An Excursion in Dahomey, 1871. Creator: J. Alfred Skertchly
Village of Eyvango, near Abomey; An Excursion in Dahomey, 1871. [Scene in what is now Benin; note skeletons in foreground]. From, Illustrated Travels by H.W. Bates

Dance of Death, leaf from The Nuremberg Chronicle, 1493. Creator: Michael Wolgemut
Dance of Death, leaf from The Nuremberg Chronicle, 1493

Studies of three skeleton, from the Principios para estudiar el Nobilisimo y Real art... ca. 1693
Studies of three skeleton, from the Principios para estudiar el Nobilisimo y Real arte de la Pintura (Madrid 1693), ca. 1693

Plate from a book showing a procession of men and women with a skeleton at the beg... 17th century. Creator: Anon
Plate from a book showing a procession of men and women with a skeleton at the beginning, middle and end of the line, 17th century

The legend of the three living men and the three dead men, from the Book of Hours of Charles V (vellum)
IND368803 The legend of the three living men and the three dead men, from the Book of Hours of Charles V (vellum) by German School, (15th century); Biblioteca Nacional, Madrid

Interieur des catacombes de l eglise Saint-Etienne a Vienne (engraving)
2783429 Interieur des catacombes de l eglise Saint-Etienne a Vienne (engraving) by French School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info)

Cover of Le Petit Journal, 14 April 1895 (coloured engraving)
960255 Cover of Le Petit Journal, 14 April 1895 (coloured engraving) by Meyer, Henri (1841-99) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: Cover of Le Petit Journal, 14 April 1895)

Decouverte dans les Prairies des squelettes de plusieurs soldats d un regiment de cavalerie... (engraving)
2790053 Decouverte dans les Prairies des squelettes de plusieurs soldats d un regiment de cavalerie... (engraving) by French School

The Triumph of Death, c. 1608 (oil on oak)
3617960 The Triumph of Death, c.1608 (oil on oak) by Brueghel, Pieter the Younger (c.1564-1638); 123.3x166.5 cm; Kunstmuseum, Basel, Switzerland; (add.info.: Copy after Pieter Brueghel the Elder)

Indian Charnel House (colour litho)
BAL109959 Indian Charnel House (colour litho) by White, John (fl.1570-93) (after); 29.5x20.4 cm; Private Collection

The four stages of cruelty (engraving)
666300 The four stages of cruelty (engraving) by Hogarth, William (1697-1764) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: The four stages of cruelty. The reward of cruelty)

The Reward of Cruelty, from The Four Stages of Cruelty, illustration from Hogarth Restored
STC451184 The Reward of Cruelty, from The Four Stages of Cruelty, illustration from Hogarth Restored: The Whole Works of the celebrated William Hogarth, re-engraved by Thomas Cook, pub

Dark and difficult was the road, 1912 (colour litho)
1122645 Dark and difficult was the road, 1912 (colour litho) by Paul, Evelyn (1870-1945); Private Collection; (add.info.: Stories of Indian Gods and Heroes published by George Harrap & Company 1912)

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