Design for Cartouche Evoking Death, Jacques de Lajoüe, French, 1687–1761, Gabriel Huquier, French, 1695–1772, Engraving on white laid paper, Cartouche decorated with elements of death. At top, a skull wearing a papal cap. A fatal weapon extends from a cluster of leaves above the skull. Evoking a coffin and gravesite, torches, laurel leaves, a coat of arms, and implements of a grave digger (a pick and shovel) surround the cartouche., France, 1740, ornament, Print

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