religious allegory based on a poem by Beilby Porteus; Bishop of London. Death sits on his throne in a cave. His agents include war; fire; famine; pestilence; pleasure; intemperance; remorse; delirium tremens; suicide; and disease. Old Age; an elderly man; is supported by a woman; Faith. Charles Wilson Peale; the artist's father; served as a model for Old Age. By Rembrandt Peale; 1778-1860

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religious allegory based on a poem by Beilby Porteus; Bishop of London. Death sits on his throne in a cave. His agents include war; fire; famine; pestilence; pleasure; intemperance; remorse; delirium tremens; suicide; and disease. Old Age; an elderly man; is supported by a woman; Faith. Charles Wilson Peale; the artist's father; served as a model for Old Age. By Rembrandt Peale; 1778-1860

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