Image: Court-of-death-peale-1820

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Description: The Court of Death was based on a poem from 1772, Death: A Poetical Essay, by Anglican Bishop Beilby Porteus. The figures in the monumental painting were life-size. Death is surrounded by personifications including Despair, Fever, Consumption, Hypochondria, Apoplexy, Gout, Dropsy, Suicide, Delirium Tremens, Intemperance, Remorse, Pleasure, Pestilence, Famine, War, and Conflagration. To the right, a warrior, an orphaned infant, and a widow show some of the people afflicted. In the foreground, Old Age is supported by Faith.
Title: The Court of Death label QS:Len,"The Court of Death"
Credit: Detroit Institute of Arts: http://www.dia.org/object-info/cc7c2b25-e044-4188-b6a1-b77a1c648099.aspx
Author: Rembrandt Peale
Usage Terms: Public domain
License: Public domain
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Beilby Porteus

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