skeletal figure with harvesting tool in a field; two hands reach out from soil in the background and two disembodied heads appear in lower left and right corners; Roman numeral XIII printed on top border; from a deck of 78 hand-colored triumph playing cards

Death, 1751

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Gift of Carl A. Weyerhaeuserexpand_more  P.96.30.14

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Title
Death
Artist Life
1727–1799
Role
Designer
Accession Number
P.96.30.14
Provenance
'Lady Charlotte Elizabeth Schrieber, 1812-1895, London [1]. Carl A. Weyerhaeuser, Minneapolis (by 1937); given to MIA, 1996. 1. Note with deck states: "Swiss Tarot. / Complete 78 Cards / from Schreiber Collection"
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skeletal figure with harvesting tool in a field; two hands reach out from soil in the background and two disembodied heads appear in lower left and right corners; Roman numeral XIII printed on top border; from a deck of 78 hand-colored triumph playing cards