Tavern scene

The English Dance of Death, from the designs of Th Author: Combe, William / Illustrator: Rowlandson, Thomas R. Ackerman's Repository of Arts: London, 1815, 16 Language: English Source/Shelfmark: C.59.f.7, opposite 253 Some find their death by Sword and Bullet; And some by fluids in the Gullet'. People being served drinks, some in a state of drunkenness. A skeleton representing death pours 'nitrol' into a vat. Image taken from The English Dance of Death, from the designs of Thomas Rowlandson, with metrical illustrations, by the author of Doctor Syntax: [i.e. William Coombe]. Originally published/produced in R. Ackerman's Repository of Arts: London, 1815, 16.