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Two men placing the shrouded corpse which they have just disinterred into a sack while Death, as a nightwatchman holding a lantern, grabs one of the grave-robbers from behind. Coloured drawing by T. Rowlandson, 1775.
Lettering: Rowlandson 1775
Creator
- Thomas Rowlandson
- Thomas Rowlandson
Subject
- Grave
- Cemetery
- Robbery
- Coffin
- Cemetery
Type of item
- Drawing
- Satires (Visual works)
- Drawing
Creator
- Thomas Rowlandson
- Thomas Rowlandson
Subject
- Grave
- Cemetery
- Robbery
- Coffin
- Cemetery
Type of item
- Drawing
- Satires (Visual works)
- Drawing
Providing institution
Aggregator
Rights statement for the media in this item (unless otherwise specified)
- http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
Rights
- Credit: Wellcome Collection
Creation date
- 1755
- 1755
Source
- V0010467
Identifier
- V0010467
- b1183619
- ICV No 10723
- sk2avj92
Year
- 1755
Providing country
- United Kingdom
Collection name
First time published on Europeana
- 2019-06-09T12:16:30.377Z
Last time updated from providing institution
- 2019-06-09T12:16:30.377Z