Waiting / Keppler. - Political cartoon, public domain image
Illustration shows the specter of Death sitting with a scythe on its lap, on the construction site of the Panama Canal.
The grim commander / J.S. Pughe., Political Cartoon
Illustration shows the Grim Reaper dressed as a steamboat captain, holding a scythe and directing crowds of people on an "Annual Sunday School Excursion" through the entrance to the "Wooden Steamboat Co." to bo... More
The physician of the x-rays / Ivo Saliger.
Print showing a physician using x-rays to repel Death, personified as a skeleton wearing a shroud, as it approaches a young woman on an operating table. Inscribed in pencil: Copyright.
Gambling with death / Gillam. - Political cartoon, public domain image
Illustration shows, at center, a capitalist, sitting on money bags labeled "Insurance Money" and leaning against several papers labeled "New Policy", gambling with the Grim Reaper, while all around them disaste... More
Luxuries versus lifeboats / Kep., Political Cartoon
Illustration shows an ocean liner sinking amid icebergs with many passengers jumping into the sea for lack of enough lifeboats, as a few lifeboats loaded with passengers row clear of the ship. Caption: The Gri... More
A criminal combine not confined to Chicago / Ehrhart.
Illustration shows on the left, a theater manager is bribing an inspector during an inspection of fire prevention equipment, the specter of the Grim Reaper hovers above; on the right, a female figure labeled "P... More
Waiting / Keppler. - Political cartoon, public domain image
Illustration shows the specter of Death sitting with a scythe on its lap, on the construction site of the Panama Canal.
The old and the new year / J. Keppler.
Illustration shows Father Time presenting the new year labeled "1886" to Puck standing in the foreground, holding his lithographic pencil; behind him are scenes of events from 1885, such as President Cleveland'... More
The tenement - a menace to all / Keppler.
Illustration shows the spirits of alcoholism, opium dens, prostitution, gambling, and street crime, as well as the figure of Death, issuing from a tenement house. Caption: Not only an evil in itself, but the v... More
![[Grim reaper against red sunset]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE5MDUvMDEvMDEvZ3JpbS1yZWFwZXItYWdhaW5zdC1yZWQtc3Vuc2V0LTY0MC5qcGc%3D/40/14/webp "[Grim reaper against red sunset]")
[Grim reaper against red sunset]
(DLC/PP-1933:0079). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress). Published as tailpiece in: "For the Blood is the Life" by F. Marion Crawford, Collier's weekly (Dec. 16, 1905), p. 20.
Testimonial awarded by the Philadelphia Relief Committee / F. Moras fe...
Print shows the Grim Reaper flying above a port, also two female figures standing on opposite sides of a medallion with scene of a man stopping to help a sick or injured person. Includes quotes from the Bible. ... More
Sentimentality - Drawing. Public domain image., Political Cartoon
Satire on the vanity of extreme indulgence in pets. "To the memory of those who might have been saved" on monument. No accession number; "1628F" and "4 Apr '47" on verso. No publication information. Forms part ... More
![[Man playing chess with grim reaper]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE5MDYvMDEvMDEvbWFuLXBsYXlpbmctY2hlc3Mtd2l0aC1ncmltLXJlYXBlci02NDAuanBn/40/19/webp "[Man playing chess with grim reaper]")
[Man playing chess with grim reaper]
(DLC/PP-1933:0079). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress). Published as headpiece in: "At Ephesus" by Georgia Wood Pangborn, Collier's weekly (Feb. 17, 1906), p. 16.
"O death, where is thy sting?" / Kep.
Illustration shows the Grim Reaper falling down a hillside, losing his crown and breaking his scythe, after being knocked away from a speeding train with a passenger car labeled "Steel Car" racing along the tra... More
La croix de bois L. Jonas during World War I
Prints shows Marianne, symbol of France, gesturing to the Grim Reaper to leave, standing behind wooden crosses marking graves. Sketch of Marianne in margin. Etched on plate: "Peux hommage à la [...] du brigadi... More
The court of death - from the original painting, by Rembrandt Peale / ...
Print showing 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, delir... More
Going fast Historic map, Library of Congress
German military officer, possibly William II, looking at "war map" on table with hour glass, "Summer of 1918," while grim reaper with scythe watches. (DLC/PP-1932:0042). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illus... More