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Historian of undertakers and funerals in Eighteenth Century England. Researching the trade and their goods. Visiting Research Fellow at CDAS @UniofBath

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A closer look at the figures of Time and Death that appear on the Nuremberg sled. Time carries a scythe which leans against a skull and Death’s skeletal appearance is clad with the remains of a shroud

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The latest exhibition on doctors in visual satire is a treasure trove! As a researcher of death and medicine in satire I was delighted to see some familiar images - as well as many lurking skeletons

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First visit to this morning - an exciting and varied collection. Some excellent thinking points throughout the galleries too, about how and why certain art is presented

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Just a week left to see the the London: Port City exhibition at Docklands. A really detailed exploration of the everyday life and afterlife of London’s docks. Ends 8th May

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Death takes the man by the arm but he is no mood to enjoy the music. Death’s trumpet is customised with a colourful skull banner. c.1455-8 ( Cod.Pal.germ.438)

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'Where hateful death put on his ugliest mask
To fright our party'
Henry IV, Part 2 (1.1)

The three living and three dead - Add MS 35313 ()

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Mr Hatherley fixes the skeleton in his art school - often damaged by the pranks of his students. Here it is missing a forearm. The title ‘Mr Hatherley’s Holiday’ is a joke because he didn’t take holiday and preferred his studio. By Samuel Butler. 1874 ()

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A triumphant death rides a large chariot bearing the body of a maiden whose soul is accompanied to heaven in the background. Less fortunate are the various figures under the chariot and those roasting in the hellmouth ( Français 12423)

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Time stands over the skeletal form of Death in this engraving by Aegidius II Sadeler. Bartholomeus Spranger has been spared but death has claimed his wife Christina. A putto reveals a skull. 1600 (On display in the free Printmaking in Prague exhibition at )

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Twitter has reliably informed me that this is my second tweetversary! After two years of mortality history related tweets, there is lots more to come and some talks planned for April too!

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