The Court of Death. A woman is brought before the Skeleton of Death on his throne with laurel wreath and sceptre. Around him, Father Time with scythe, Gout with crutch, Plague, War, Fever, Consumption and other Spectres. Copperplate engraving by Peter Mazell after an illustration by William Kent from Fables by John Gay, with a Life of the Author, John Stockdale, London, 1793.

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