The Comedy of Death (La Comédie de la Mort)

The Comedy of Death (La Comédie de la Mort)

Artist Rodolphe Bresdin (French, 1825-1885)

CultureFrench

Date1854

Mediumlithograph

Dimensionssheet: 13 1/8 × 8 in. (33.3 × 20.3 cm)

Classificationsprints

Credit LineCharles and Isabel Eaton Trust

Object number2021.27.6

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