Original unpublished watercolor of death and the highwayman, intended for the english dance of death, circa 1815. Sepia ink and watercolor, 5 7/8 x 9 1/2 inches (15 x 24 cm), signed "rowlandson" (l. L. ). The highwayman, having murdered a young woman for some paltry possessions, (a pathetic bundle of belongings lies before her body), is seized by the hair by death, who gestures fiercely with his dart towards a nearby gibbet, from which a body already hangs. This design was not used in the published book. Date: circa 1815.
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