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Knight in armor vanquishing Death
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image: 90 x 60 mm; sheet: 92 x 254 mm
Peel 2632c
Provenance:
Formerly owned by Sir Robert Peel.
Notes:
Title devised by cataloger.
Library's copy is printed on a single sheet with three additional satrirical prints, arranged side by side horizontally and trimmed within plate mark (see Peel 2632a-d).
Summary:
A knight in full armor and brandishing shield and sword stands triumphantly on the fallen figure of Death (a skeleton holding an arrow); in the foreground, a sack of coins lies half spilt upon the ground.
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