Morbid Collection

Satirical cartoon on German army recruitment, WW1
A satirical cartoon by the German artist George Grosz on German army recruitment, showing a doctor examining a decaying skeleton to see if it is fit for military service

The skeleton of Death in a dress embraces a libertine, 18th cent
The skeleton of Death, Freund Hans, in dress and bouffant hairstyle embraces a libertine gentleman, 18th century. Death and the philanderer. Bartered Expectations. Getauschte Erwartung

The skeleton of Death visits a boys school, 18th century
The skeleton of Death, Freund Hans, visits a boys school, 18th century. The teacher looks up with fear, while pupils flee and hide under desks

Death of a balloonist in a Montgolfiere-style balloon. The pilot falls from an exploding balloon above a large crowd, 18th century. The balloonist. Der Aerostat

The skeleton of Death visits a woman in her boudoir
The skeleton of Death, Freund Hans, and his skeletal dog visit a woman dressing in her boudoir. 18th century woman doing her hair and makeup in front of a mirror in her bedroom. Vanity

Men and women look at a Memento Mori, 18th century
Men and women look at a Memento Mori, the Grim Reaper or a skeleton with scythe, 18th century. The figures include a soldier in uniform, priest with hat, gentlewoman with fan, etc

The skeleton of Death with the author and artist, 18th century
The skeleton of Death, Freund Hans, embracing the author Musaus and the artist Schellenberg. They stand in a library and shake hands while holding a print of the Grim Reaper, a skeleton with scythe

The skeleton of Death, Freund Hans, guides a quack doctor to his death, 18th century. The apothecary stands in a shop decorated with a crocodile, scales and bottles of drugs, medicines and poisons

The skeleton of Death in a moonlight duel, 18th century
The skeleton of Death, Freund Hans, in a duel with a gentleman in a street in town, 18th century. The gentleman thrusts with his sword in the moonlight. Der Zweikampf

The skeleton of Death press-gangs a man, 18th century
The skeleton of Death, Freund Hans, press-gangs a man into military service outside a public house, 18th century. The skeleton wears a soldier's bicorn and sword while a fiddler plays a violin

The skeleton of Death guides an initiate to the Masons, 18th cen
The skeleton of Death, Freund Hans, guides an initiate to a ceremony at a Masonic Lodge, 18th century. The initiate is blindfolded and enters a room with many men sitting around a table with candles

The skeleton of Death pours wine into a glutton's mouth
The skeleton of Death, Freund Hans, pours wine into the mouth of an obese glutton, 18th century. A maid brings a tureen of soup to the dining table while a guest flees. The Glutton. Der Schlemmer

The skeleton of Death embracing a woman, 18th century
The skeleton of Death, Freund Hans, embracing a woman while pointing to a Viennese woman with a bony hand, 18th century. Viennese and Roman women. Wienerin und Romerin

The skeleton of Death brings a lottery number to a gambler, 18th
The skeleton of Death, Freund Hans, brings a lottery number to a gambler in a wood-panelled room, 18th century. The gambler holds his head, while a servant points to him. The lottery player

The skeleton of Death embraces a poor man, 18th century
The skeleton of Death, Freund Hans, embraces a poor man, 18th century. Death points a bony hand to the sky while leading the old man to an open grave. Safe passage for a friend. Freundes Geleit

The skeleton of Death catching two lovers in a net
The skeleton of Death, Freund Hans, catching two lovers under a tree in a net. 18th century man and woman kissing at the moment of death. Destroyed love. Zestorte Liebe

The skeleton of Death and the gamester. A gambler sits at a table with cup and dice, as Death enters with legal scrolls reading Assignment Property and Estates Entail and a cup to cover the dice

The skeleton of Death and a minstrel. The troubadour plays a lute and serenades a woman at an upper window, while Death armed with daggers hides in a doorway

The skeleton of Death bowls a ball at a cricketer at bat. The wicket keeper is Father Time with his scythe. A top hat, coat, cricket bat and ball lie on the ground

The skeleton of Death and the artist. A painter with paintbrush and palette paints a figure of Father Time with a scythe while the skeleton of Death sits at a table

The skeleton of Death and the angler. Death with a fishing net approaches a fisherman on a riverbank with fishing rod and basket

The skeleton of Death brings a scroll to a woman on a terrace. The woman lies dead on the ground next to the scroll. Death in a cape holding a staff

Vignette of three skeletons on a gravestone, the Last of the Graces

The skeleton of Death on the theatre stage. Death in a crown, tunic and cape, a globe, playscript of Life a Play, drama masks on the stage, Tutto Finisce on the curtains, a woman weeping in a box

The skeleton of Death and the Phaeton. Death kneels behind a two-horse gig loosening one wheel from the axle. A man cracks a whip in the driver's seat and a woman holds a parasol

The skeleton of Death and the lawyer. The barrister in wig and gown sits at a table writing a document with a quill pen. Death enters his chambers with a brief

The pilgrim handed a letter by the skeleton of Death
The pilgrim handed a letter by the skeleton of death in hat and cassock with staff. The pilgrim sits at a table with a lute and her foot on a footstool

The skeleton of Death and the miser. The skeleton holds up a bag of stolen gold as the miser holds up his hands at the loss of his treasure

The skeleton of Death with university students. Death in mortarboard and gown sits on a throne and offers laurels to two students in gowns

The skeleton of Death and the quack doctor. Death enters the room with bottle of medicine as the mountebank takes the pulse of a sick man in a chair with a footrest

The skeleton of Death and the glutton. Death carries a platter with a fish head. The obese man sits at the dining table waiting with knife and fork in hand

The skeleton of Death and the alchemist. Death holds a vial above a chemistry experiment that explodes in flame in the alchemist's tongs

The skeleton of Death brings the last bottle of wine to a drinke
The skeleton of Death brings the last bottle of wine to a group of drinkers in a room. The men raise their glasses in a toast to Death. Empty wine bottles lie on the floor

The skeleton of Death and the warrior. Death helps the knight put on his plumed helm before a tourney. The knight wears full plate armour and holds a sword

The poet and the skeleton of Death

The skeleton of Death pricks bubbles of life
The skeleton of Death pricks with his darts the bubbles of life blown by a philiosopher and a fool before a pyramid

The skeleton of Death preaching to a crowd. Death stands in a necropolis of bones and skulls, and rests his ledger on a crouching skeleton. Wealthy ladies, a gentlemen, an old man and child watch

Title page from Volume 2 of Death's Doings
Title page with calligraphy and vignette of the skeleton of Death with rope and whip looking at a man hanging from a gibbet, the Last of the Graceless

The skeleton of Death as champion boxer
The skeleton of Death in boxing gloves and breeches stands over dead boxers in a ring. Three bare-knuckle prizefighters lie dead next to an empty wine bottle. The Champion

The skeleton of Death and a woman at her toilette. A young woman holds flowers in her hair sitting in front of a mirror at her dressing table. A mask and invitation to a masked ball lie on the floor

The skeleton of Death and the Antiquary. Death sits behind a gravestone reading Hic Jacet Jonathan Oldbuck FAS Obit. The historian sits at a desk writing in a ledger

The skeleton of Death at the insurance office. Death behind the counter with a quill pen gives out Life Assurance contracts to an old man and woman in an office

The skeleton of Death and the mother. A skeleton feeds a baby on its knee, while the mother examines embroidered fabric and a young servant holds up a hat

Title page from Volume 1 of Death's Doings
Title page with calligraphy and vignette of three skeletons on a gravestone, the Last of the Graces

Colonel John Hewson, died in exile 1662
Colonel John Hewson, died in exile. Hewson or Hughson, was a shoemaker who rose to the rank of colonel in Oliver Cromwell's New Model Army, regicide of King Charles I

Doctor Isaac Dorislaus, assassinated in the Hague, 1649
Doctor Isaac Dorislaus, assassinated in the Hague by Scottish royalists, 2 May 1649. Dorislaus was a Dutch Calvinist historian and lawyer, regicide of King Charles I of England, 1595-1649

Henry Ireton, died November 1651. Ireton, 1611-1651, was an English Parliamentarian general and son-in-law of Oliver Cromwell

Edmund Ludlow, died in exile 1693. English parliamentarian general, c.1617-1692, one of the regicides of King Charles I. With his autograph and seal

John Bradshaw, President of the High Court of Justice, died 1659. Bradshaw, 1602-1659, English jurist, regicide of King Charles I of England. With his autograph and seal

Oliver Cromwell, died September 3, 1658. Cromwell, English Civil War politician and soldier, regicide of King Charles I of England, and Lord Protector of the Commonwealth, 1599-1658

The Court of Death. A woman is brought before the Skeleton of Death on his throne with laurel wreath and sceptre

Mummies of Santa Fe de Guanajuato, Central Mexico
Mummies in the catacombs of the silver mining city of Santa Fe de Guanajuato, Central Mexico. They died in a cholera outbreak in 1833. Date: circa early 1930s

Sarah Bernhardt, French actress, in her coffin - she kept a satin-lined coffin in her bedroom, and occasionally slept in it, and posed in it for photographs. Date: 1907

Eddie Merton, superstitious stuntman, who always slept in a coffin on the night before a dangerous stunt. Seen here sitting up in the coffin in his hotel bedroom for his morning cup of tea. Date: 1971

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

Calavera Mexico 1900s Death Skull Bones Mexican
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Mexico 1860s Mexican Comic Humour Death Macabre
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Calavera of Don Juan Tenorio -- a version of the legend of Don Juan. The stone statue on the right refers to the statue which comes to life and drags Don Juan to hell. Date: circa 1900s

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

Mexico 1900s 1890s Mexican Comic Humour Death
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Calavera of the Newspapers, Mexico -- skeletons on bicycles. Date: circa 1900s

Calavera of the Dandy, Mexico
Calavera (skull or death's head) of the Dandy, Mexico. circa 1910s

Bryan Entracte 24 1884 1880s Victorian Morbid
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1962 1960s 60s Sixties Morbid Death Burial Model
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Model posing in a graveyard. circa 1962

Late Victorian 1890s Card Cards Greetings Design
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Ww1 Wwi World War One First 1st Great I Propaganda
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VISITING FRENCH MORGUE
An assortment of visitors to a French morgue: a soldier in uniform and a mother and her son. A caretaker leans against the barrier smoking, unaffected by the corpses. Date: 1816

Dance of Death, Great Plague of London
A Dance of Death depiction at St Paul's Cathedral, during the Great Plague of London. Date: 1665

Winter sun highlights a skull & crossbones on a tomb
The low winter sun highlights a skull & crossbones on a tomb beneath cemetery gates. Kirkcudbright graveyard, Kirkcudbrightshire, Dumfries and Galloway, SW Scotland Date: 2009

Matthew Baillie
MATTHEW BAILLIE Scottish medical researcher, known especially for his pioneering work in morbid anatomy. Date: 1761 - 1823

Matthew Baillie (Head)
MATTHEW BAILLIE Scottish medical researcher, known especially for his pioneering work in morbid anatomy. Date: 1761 - 1823

Cartoon, The gift from France, WW1
Cartoon, The gift from France, showing a German lady receiving a simply adorable gift from her soldier, a severed hand on a necklace. Date: 1915

Lear / Nonsense / Vesuvius
There was an Old Man of Vesuvius, who studied the works of Vitruvius; When the flames burnt his book, to drinking he took, that morbid Old Man of Vesuvius

Dante / Tomb / Ravenna / Ils
DANTE ALIGHIERI Italian poets remains discovered at Ravenna

Byron at Harrow
As a schoolboy at Harrow, his favourite haunt was the churchyard, where he liked to lie on this tomb in a picturesque and romantic manner

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