Death and the Hypochondriac. The figure of Death, a spider with a human skull body, appears at the feet of a sickly man hallucinating in front of the fireplace. A sleeping potion and spoon lie on a table, and a Health Diary on the floor. Illustration drawn and engraved on steel by Richard Dagley from his own Death’s Doings, Consisting of Numerous Original Compositions in Verse and Prose, J. Andrews, London, 1827. Dagley (1761-1841) was an English painter, illustrator and engraver.

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